3. Origins of TotalitarianismOrigins of Totalitarianism
CommunismCommunism FascismFascism
IntellectualIntellectual SocietalSocietalWorld War IWorld War I
Millions Dead
“ Lost Generation”
Brutal Values of Trench Warfare
Pacifism/Isolationism vs. Militarism
Militarized Politics
Disillusionment with Treaty of
Versailles
Acceptance of violence & death
“Have-Not” Nations -
Germany, Italy, Japan,
Soviet Union
Mass Industrialization
Mass Media
Mass Politics
Propaganda
Great DepressionGreat Depression
Mass unemployment
Discredits Free
Market
Discredits Democracy
Increases power of State
Traditional values are
undermined
Mikhail Bakunin
Karl Marx &
Sergei Nachaev
Friedrich Engels
Vladimir Lenin &
Joseph Stalin
Destruction of old empires
Georges Sorel
Friedrich Nietzsche
Vilfredo Pareto
“Racialists”
Arthur de Gobineau
Gougenot de Mousseaux
Wilhelm Marr
“Social Darwinists”
Herbert Spencer
Benito Mussolini & Adolf Hitler
5. NAZI GERMANYNAZI GERMANY
Remilitarization ofRemilitarization of
the Rhineland 1936the Rhineland 1936
Austrian AnschlussAustrian Anschluss
19381938
Condor Legion 1936Condor Legion 1936
The Munich Agreement 1938The Munich Agreement 1938
6. Manchuria 1931Manchuria 1931
China 1937China 1937
Nomonhan 1939Nomonhan 1939
French Indochina 1940French Indochina 1940
Rape of NankingRape of Nanking
Pearl Harbor 1941Pearl Harbor 1941
7. Manchuria 1931Manchuria 1931
China 1937China 1937
Nomonhan 1939Nomonhan 1939
French Indochina 1940French Indochina 1940
Rape of NankingRape of Nanking
Pearl Harbor 1941Pearl Harbor 1941