Essays and Research Papers on European History

This 5 page report discusses The Battle of Austerlitz which took place on December 2, 1805, between the French forces led by Napoleon and the allied forces of the Russians and Austrians. The battle has often been referred to as “The Battle of the Three Emperors” because Napoleon, Francis I of Austria, and Alexander ...

A paper which looks at the way in which Hitler changed his political strategies after the failed putsch of 1923, and the use which he made of propaganda combined with state terrorism to achieve his aims. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

6 pages. This is an essay about the failure of the Munich Putsch and the things that led up to it. Describes some of the reasons this attempted overthrow by Hitler went awry as well as the results afterward. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A five page paper which looks at Trotsky's life, his involvement with the Bolshevik party and communism, and his historical importance on an international level. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page overview of the career of Henri Phillipe Petain. While some remember Petain only as an anti-Semitic German collaborator, he can be considered a French patriot. The author of this paper emphasizes that Petain’s career was already noteworthy prior to his Fascist-like actions in World War II and even these actions ...

A 5 page paper. The Economic Monetary Union (EMU) was outlined in the Treaty on European Union, signed in 1992 in Maastricht. Fifteen nations are now members with about twelve more applying for membership. The applicants are all transition economies who are struggling to meet the criteria to join. This paper outlines the criteria and ...

This 5 page paper looks at why the Bosnian Crisis of 1908-1909 and the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 did not develop into a general European conflict. The reasons for World War I are noted and the conflicts listed are discussed in depth. The idea of an East versus West mentality is explored ...

A 5 page paper which examines how Karl Marx's ideas, when put into practice, have not been incredibly successful. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This paper examines the life of Edvard Kardelj, who was the right-hand man and hand-picked successor to Tito. The paper also touches on some of Kardelj's ideology and how it impacted Yugoslav politics. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 10 page paper which examines the deserted village of Slievemore, who lived there, what kind of people, their way of life, the time period in which it existed and what happened to the settlement. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

5 pages in length. Defining the term "nation" as a political assemblage of people where one or more nationalities are recognized and "state" as being a component of said nation gives credence to the definition of nation-state, which reflects "a form of political organization under which a relatively homogeneous people inhabits a sovereign state; ...

A 6 page overview of the accomplishments of Joseph II, emperor of Hapsburg. Joseph II’s reforms were targeted at overcoming ecclesiastic privilege and the privilege allowed as a matter of birthright. He envisioned a central state served by loyal citizens rather than administered by those of royal blood. He was a faithful ...

This is a 5 page paper discussing whether or not Joseph Conrad was a supporter or an opponent of imperialism as taken from a reading of his “Heart of Darkness”. Despite the fact that Conrad related the story from a white narrator’s perspective which was often hard to decipher, the exposure of the horrors of ...

A 15 page paper. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the cultural, social, economic, and political developments in the Netherlands since the war. Specific developments are emphasized, including economic issues such as the country taking steps to reduce the unemployment rate dramatically below the rest of Europe; the actions with the EU and ...

A 5 page overview of the harsh working conditions facing English children of this earlier point in time. During the Industrial Revolution many of England’s less fortunate children were essentially sold into indentured servitude to work in factories and mines. This paper notes the changes which had occurred in England to result in ...

A 5 page paper that presents an overview of the entitled book. In this volume, Greenwood asserts that Britain's role in the Cold War has most often been understated and worse, the role of Britain during these years has been misunderstood as well as misrepresented. The author uses documents from the archives of governments that ...

5 pages. There is no doubt that in a search of early human history almost all of the human culture, all the results of art, science and technology that we see before us today, are almost exclusively the creative product of the white or Aryan race. This paper deals with this topic and ...

This is a 7 page paper discussing the rise to power by Adolf Hitler. Hitler first became prominent during his time in the German army in World War I. After the war he became a member of the German Workers’ Party in which is rose in its ranks to eventually become the leader and renaming ...

This 5 page paper considers the different causes that resulted in the decline of Britain during this period. The writer includes issues such as the effect of the First World War, the economic conditions, pressure from the colonies and the rise of the US. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

A five page paper which looks at the Golden Age of the Austrian empire, as described in Zweig's The World of Yesterday, and considers the effect which Nazism and the World Wars had on Austrian culture, and the Jews in particular.

A thirty-two page paper which looks at the contribution made by Lloyd George to the Treaty of Versailles, the effect which the treaty had on the subsequent political and economic development of Germany, and Britain's policy of appeasement prior to World War 2. Bibliography lists 23 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the reasons why tsarism collapsed in Russia. Additionally, this paper analyzes if World War I was a factor. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page overview of the undercurrent of anti-Semitism which paralyzed the world before the Enlightenment and reappeared in force soon afterward. Although the Enlightenment, a period also known as the Jewish Emancipation, would see tremendous advances for Jews in world culture the ugly head of anti-Semitism would reenter the world with Adolf Hitler. ...

This 6 page paper discusses Russia's development through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in respect to art/culture and politics. Examples are given from Tolstoy, Marx, as well as modern discussions of political leaders through Gorbachev. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page discussion of the ideological separation which exists between the U.S. and the former U.S.S.R. The author contends that this separation can be traced to World War II and the subsequent Cold War. Examples from Afghanistan and Vietnam are employed to illustrate these separations. Bibliography lists 3 sources.