1. Introduction and Origins

2. Paper 2  Topic 1 – Causes, Practices and Effects of Wars  Topic 2 – Democratic States: Challenges and Responses  Topic 3 – Origins and Development of Authoritarian and Single-Party States  Topic 4 – Nationalist and Independence Movements in Africa and Asia and post-1945 Central and Eastern European States  Topic 5 – The Cold War

3. SPS - Template Origins: Context/Causes Ideology Methods: Rise and Rule Maintenance Impact: Foreign Policy Domestic Policy

4. Our SPS Topics  Stalin and the Soviet Union (c. 1917- 1991)  Hitler and Nazi Germany (c. 1919-1945)  Castro and Cuba (c. 1898-Present Day!)  Lots of connections and overlap  Cuba and Castro – very topical and connect to “Red Heat”

5. Authoritarian Regimes that are essentially conservative and traditional and that try to defend existing institutions and keep all sections of society politically and organizationally passive. Totalitarian Political system in which a dictator is able to impose their will on party, state and society – all of which are strictly disciplined.

6. Historical Origins: The Crisis State World War One The Great Depression