The Difference Between Formal and Informal Imperialism
With the course of history, some nations have grown strong; others have grown weak. And, in a social Darwinian sense, the “fittest” nations have survived and consumed the others. But that domination never lasts forever. As history shows, every empire eventually falls. Like dogs, they grow old, become weak, and then die.
A Very Small Price
Today, some people seem to have borderline sympathy for Hitler, seeing him as a deliverer to the German people following the impossibly high reparations imposed on them post-WWI. However, sympathy for the German people can become seriously misplaced when it evolves into sympathy for Hitler and his policies. After all, there is a tremendous difference…
Lenin, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Soviet Union
Discontent was growing in Russia, and poverty and the Tsar’s incompetence only worsened the issue. A parliament, the Duma, was established in 1905 to Westernize Russia and make it more democratic. Still, Tsar Nicholas II held absolute de facto control over the Russian government. The heavy cost of WW1 continued to mount pressures domestically as…
Philip Dru: The Guise of Welfare and the Death of Liberty
Philip Dru: Administrator by Edward M. House follows a brilliant West Point graduate’s rise to political power. From the beginning of the book and throughout all of his conversations with Gloria, who he later marries, Philip Dru shows interest in the greater welfare of society. Unfortunately, Dru rests on the false assumption that salvation can…
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Asher Sisneros 