Why Did Stalin Keep A Non Aggression Pact

Ultranationalism is incredibly bad because it mean a nation pursues nothing but its own national interests and does anything, even if it means hurting others, to pursue them. It can lead to extreme crimes against humanity and war because ultranationalistc countries feel the need to assert themselves over other countries. Such crimes against humanity throughout history include: the holocaust and the rwandan genocide. An example of an ultranationalistic group today is Daesh (ISIS). Their ultanationalism has led them to senselessly commit genocide against the Yazidis (an independent religious community in iraq) simply because they want to pursue their national interest of creating a purely islamic state in the middle east by eliminating people of other religions. They had no sense of possibly just simply working peacefully with other religions because they embraced nationalism so wholly. Some people may argue that crimes against humanity and conflict between nations is not caused by ultranationalism because ultranationalism is not inherently violent. But that is wrong because no matter what, ultranationalism is nothing but violent and threatening to world

Nationalism involves an individual identifying with, or becoming attached to one’s nation. A nation often trying to develop people’s nationalism within their country. Nationalism will lead to a state of ultranationalism -- an extreme form of nationalism – ultranationalists are often fanatically loyal to their own nation and hostile and racist toward other nations. Three examples of ultranationalists are Hirohito(Japan), Adolf Hitler(Germany), and Joseph Stalin(Russia).

TO WHAT EXTENT IS NATIONALISM A POSITIVE FORCE?Nationalism has been viewed as both a positive and a negative force, and both positions have been demonstrated today and throughout history. It is the biggest social and political force of the world. It unifies people and makes them stronger. It can lead to a stable economy, patriotism and even ultranationalism. But, one could argue that all these things, especially ultranationalism have had bad consequences such as crimes against humanity, fascism and clouding a nation's ability to interact properly with the rest of the world.

The source intends to provide a controversial opinion in order to prevent people from blindly following leaders as well as to provide a statement warning of the acts of nationalism. While the views from the source are beneficial and introduce different views on the subject of nationalism—nationalism doesn’t start wars nor does it lead to blind obedience; greedy and power hungry people who decidedly hind behind the views of nationalism do. Nationalism is just a term that describes the desire for the prosperity of one’s country as well as patriotic feelings towards said country. Feelings of pride for a country do not evoke malicious intent the people who twist those ideas and cross the line into ultranationalism do. Leaders such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Hirohito, and Harry Truman use the word nationalism to persuade others to follow them by glamorizing the term and tricking people into agreeing with them. The Holocaust wasn’t caused due to

I believe in Source A the common or similar view on Nationalism is how Nationalism can lead to Ultranationalism. In Both sources, Patriotism is viewed in a positive manner while nationalism is portrayed in a negative manner. Sydney J. Harris viewed patriotism as “proud of your country for what it does” and viewed nationalism as “proud of your country no matter what it does”. Charles de Gaulle viewed nationalism as “When hate for people other than your own comes first”. These nationalism views are ideal to Adolph Hilters. For example; Hitler had a mindset and believed Germany deserved what they were fighting for despite the fact that millions of lives were lost. He didn't have a limit as to what was wrong or right but did it all believing

Nationalism is a powerful force that can unite people working towards a common goal, but when it is taken to the extreme it can cause major disharmony in society, evident in the numerous genocides during the Age of Imperialism, the Fascist party's rise to power, and the Japanese’s unwillingness to surrender during World War II. Nationalism is dangerous, because it warps the minds of the individuals in the organization, creates prejudice and discrimination, and can be easily manipulated into a weapon against humanity.

In this source it is talking about the topic of ultranationalism and crimes against humanity, ultra nationalism can be best described using destructive force in the world and extreme force as well the ultranationalist shows that they have a strong sense of their own identity of their own country for example after the second world war when the country germany faced the great depression they have elected adolf hitler to be the new leader in the nation he promised to rebuild the country by armed forces in the country, The dictatorship germany had promoted propaganda and extreme nationalist values by getting rid of people who will question the nazi values and the friendship between jews and germans were forbidden in the country the propaganda was

During the time in Between the Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys describes the historical period after Hitler and Stalin signed the nonaggression pact in 1939 during World War II, which states that both countries will not attack each other nor support any country at war with the other. The pact was a shock to the world primarily because Hitler hated communism, however Hitler needed to work out something with Stalin so that his plan wouldn’t collapse. The pact wasn't only a safe bubble for Hitler but also it benefited both countries by agreeing to increase trade between each other. This pact was a win-win for both countries, Germany protected itself from having to fight a two front war at the beginning of World War II and Soviet Union acquired land which included Poland and the Baltic States. However in 1941, Germany broke the treaty when they attacked the Soviet Union in less than two years of sign the pact, moreover this pack was supposed to last about ten years. German Nazis launched an attack on Poland from the wast with about fifteen thousand men, airplanes and tanks. Additionally, in the novel another historic event was happening Stalin’s gulags. Joseph Stalin had a system of forced labor camps known as Gulag which is an acronym for the Soviet

Hobsbawm emphasizes that proto nationalism was the “mobilizing (of) certain variants of feelings of collective belonging which already existed and which could operate, as it were, potentially on the macro-political scale which could fit in with modern states and nations.” (Hobsbawm, 52) The consciousness, therefore, of belonging to a nation requires “the citizens of a country (to become) a sort of community, though an imagined one, and its members therefore found themselves seeking for and consequently finding, things in common, places, practices, personages, memories, signs and symbols.” (Hobsbawm, 90) This foundational development is essentially one of patriotism, in which the individual evokes a feeling of loyalty and pride in their nation through symbols, language and ethnicity. While these feelings of pro-nationalism may occur, if an individual is, for instance, to have thoughts of desire to burn the national flag or act in an anti-nationalist way, then they will have feelings of guilt. Freud explains that the “origins of the sense of guilt (are): one arising from fear of an authority, and the other, later on, arising from fear of the super-ego.” (Freud, 119) The state, therefore, is the super-ego that oppresses the Id of the individual who has these perverted thoughts. One can additionally apply this to the original ways in which

While the Nazi regime rose to power, they employed ultra-nationalist techniques in order to inspire the German people to band together and rise above the depression and gain their support. Hitler and the Nazis rose to power by “opposing democracy, individualism, and equality with ideas of national or racial superiority” (Goff 238). Additionally, Hitler created an Anschluss, which united German and Austrian people under a common government because they shared a common language. This trend continued throughout the war from Germany, and they tried to unite people under one empire, while the government discarded the “inferiors” from their realm. Nationalism in WWII was similarly prevalent in Japan, where the Japanese were fueled by ultra-nationalism to invade other countries and exert domination over neighboring areas. The Japanese felt a desire to expand their territory and the Japanese people supported their aggressive tactics to increase their political and economic growth. In Japan, the “ultranationalists saw their nation and people as superior to other Asians” and this ideaology caused the people to believe “it was their mission to rule Asia” (Goff 241). This idea inspired the Japanese military to expand into China and dominate the Chinese, which created destruction and genocide. Nationalism in WWII was more destructive than ever seen before, because it drove people to oppress and exterminate entire cultures and religious

Nationalism was coined back in the 1770’s it has a major role in the shaping many nations throughout the world. Nationalism has many positive and negative aspects to it. Nationalism has the strength to unify people despite their classes. It also has the ability to united people to lead movements against oppressive governments. There is a downside Nationalism can as method to evoke fear. The biggest negative is that most nationalism movement’s inevitably led to some form of conflict. Nationalism is a dangerous movement that can lead to oppression of opposition groups and lead to conflicts.

Nationalism has played a crucial role in world history over the past centuries. It continues to do so today. For many, nationalism is indelibly associated with some of the worst aspects of modern history, such as the destructive confidence of the Napoleon’s army and the murderous pride of Nazi Germany. Large numbers of people, descent in their hearts, have carried out unbelievable atrocities for no better reason than their nation required them to. Authoritarian and totalitarian regime have crushed dissent, eliminated opposition, and trampled on civil liberties in the name of the nation.

The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was extremely significant in regards to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, however there were several other factors that also led to the outbreak of WWII. These factors include; the allied policy of appeasement, the failure the League of Nations and Collective Security and the aggressive nature of Nazi and Italian foreign policy.

Nationalism can be described as a mix, multidimensional morally developed or created concept involving a shared common identification with one's Nation. It is more on politically motivated towards working and maintaining self-governance, or full sovereignty, working towards to a specific land or a territory of historical significance to the group such as land and its belongings. In simple Nationalism is a nation command and lead itself, free from foreign influence, it is the concept of self-rule. Nationalism is further formed towards maintaining and developing a Sovereignty based on shared features such as religion, language, race, culture, or either political goals or a belief in a customary ancestry. So its pride towards nation's achievements, and the concept in world history has shown positive and negative impact, moreover in a political dimension it leads either unification or disintegration.

Great evidence of this is in Germany’s history. Although repeated quite often as an example of radical nationalism, this doesn’t remove it from being a true and sad example of nationalism in its worst form. The central leaders of Germany including Hitler instituted anti-Jew laws and once they were certain that the public agreed with these, or at least didn’t disagree, started implementing much more extreme laws against the Jewish people. This created one of the worst genocides in the history of mankind. (Krome, 2010) What Hitler did, was take the dislike of Jews that the Muslims helped establish (Maghen, 2009) (Jeffrey, n.d.) , along with Christianity that the Jews were a problem (Callahan, 2004). Having these to point to, he directed an entire nation to become his “Aryan” race, and Jews weren’t alone. Blacks and all other races and religions or creeds were included in the category of being removed, but it was largely the Jewish population affected.