Assess the reasons for the growth of nationalism in the European colonies after the second world war. How important was nationalism in bringing about decolonization?

The nationalist feelings were present in colonies, especially Asians, long before the second world war. The main objective of nationalist movements was to get rid of foreign rule and establishing self-rule. Nationalist argued that the development of colonies was held ..

Assess the reasons why global warming is seen as such a serious problem for the world's future. To what extent do you think it is the twenty-first century's major problem?

The warming of the earth’s atmosphere due to greenhouse gases is known as global warming. The gases such as increasing carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), methane etc. contributed to the increase of the temperature if earth’s atmosphere. These were produced by ..

Indian independence was not a gift from the British: it was the hard-won fruit of struggle and sacrifice. Explain whether you think this is an accurate verdict on India's progress towards independence.

According to the imperialist, the independence was simply the fulfillment of self-appointed mission of Britain to assist Indians to self-government. But according to nationalists Britishers left because they were no longer in a position to rule India. The non-violent methods ..

Explain why there was a 'crisis of capitalism' in the decade leading up to 2012.

There was crisis of capitalism due to following reasons: The deregularisation of banking industry in US in 1999-2000: The banks acted as insurance companies. The derivative market was made global and dealing in foreign exchange increased. This created parallel economies. ..

Without de Gaulle's masterly handling of the situation, the Algerian crisis would probably have plunged France into Civil war. How far would you agree with this verdict on President de Gaulle's contribution to the events leading to Algerian independence?

Since 1940s, about nine million French settlers controlled one third of the fertile land of Africa.The whites used the land to produce crops and exported, this reduced the land and food availability for the Algerians. This degraded their standard of ..

How accurate do you think it is to describe Angola as 'a victim of the Cold War' during the years 1975 to 2002?

Angola was indeed one of the biggest victims of cold war. After the country’s independence from Portugal in 1975, three liberation movements began to fight against each other. The People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola- This was a Marxist ..

How far would you agree that the Belgians should bear most of the responsibility for the outbreak of civil war in the Congo in 1960 and its continuation until 1965?

Belgians were to be blamed to a great extent for the outbreak of civil war in Congo. Congo was earlier in Belgian colony. Belgians suddenly left Congo in 1960 allowing it to be independent. But they did not make any ..

Explain why the newly independent states in Africa suffered so many problems and assess to what extent the problems were of their own making.

The newly independent states of Africa suffered from many problems due to: Tribal differences- The continent is divided heavily on the grounds of ethnicity. There are a large number of tribes which live in a very closed group with loyalty ..