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Europe must deal with the fall out of the Great War and the Russian Revolution. In that aftermath, challenges to the established economic and political systems take center stage attempting to oppose communism. In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin take control pushing the Soviet Union in a much more internal direction.
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pgs. 704 - 716
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Extreme nationalism become the answer to many looking for solutions to the Bolshevik menace and the postwar economic struggles. This new nationalism takes the form of fascism and would lead to the rise of powerful dictators such as Mussolini in Italy and Hitler in Germany who look to revoke the provisions of the Versailles Treaty.
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pgs. 716 - 738
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The Treaty of Paris turns out to be a "twenty-year armistice" as German ambitions lead to another global war. With early victories that lead to Nazi domination over most of Europe, surprise attacks against the Soviet Union and the United States soon turn the tide and lead to the end of Europe's (and the world's) worst war in history.
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pgs. 743 - 767
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Only after the war was over did Europe and the world fully discover the atrocities of war and the results of generations of anti-Semitism and racism. The war's impact on the home front also tests the commitment of the civilian population as the war draws to an end in an uneasy peace.
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pgs. 767 - 784
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