Having looked at The Holy Alliance, the counterrevolution from without, we now turn our attention to The National Movements of the inter-war years to analyze the counterrevolution from within. Following World War One, many European countries were facing economic and political instability. Weimar Germany is the infamous example, but Portugal, Italy, Greece, Romania, and Spain, all suffered from 1) economic depressions, 2) political unrest, and 3) a seeming incapable governing class who did not address points 1 and 2, or, as it may be claimed, exacerbated them. Liberal democracy was viewed by the left as a mechanism to pacify the working-class, using the vote,
Counterrevolution: The National Movements
Counterrevolution: The National Movements
Counterrevolution: The National Movements
Having looked at The Holy Alliance, the counterrevolution from without, we now turn our attention to The National Movements of the inter-war years to analyze the counterrevolution from within. Following World War One, many European countries were facing economic and political instability. Weimar Germany is the infamous example, but Portugal, Italy, Greece, Romania, and Spain, all suffered from 1) economic depressions, 2) political unrest, and 3) a seeming incapable governing class who did not address points 1 and 2, or, as it may be claimed, exacerbated them. Liberal democracy was viewed by the left as a mechanism to pacify the working-class, using the vote,