HISTORY 120 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rationality, Jean-Paul Sartre, Mock Execution
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It can be defined as a success story in many areas. In the political area, europe was able to withstand rises of governments that were not democracies. Europe can also be seen as a success story from the economic standpoint as europe was able to recover from their own great depression and adopt a system in which they have been able to achieve economic prosperity. Europe, socially, as well has been a success story, as the growth of the middle class and the doing away with the lower classes has shown that. Europe has been successful culturally since the french revolution. From the political standpoint, there were several occurrences that threatened to disrupt the establishment of democratic governments. In the transitional period between the two world wars, three men came to power, which would overthrow the democratic governments that were in power, and install their own fascist dictatorial regimes.
