Castro+and+Ho+Chi+Minh

__Origin and nature of authoritarian and single-party states__ · Conditions that produced authoritarian and single-party states · Emergence of leaders: aims, ideology, support · Totalitarianism: the aim and the extent to which it was achieved **1.** **Select two leaders of single-party states, each chosen from a different region, and explain how and why the conditions of their state helped them to rise to power.** 2. Analyze the conditions that enabled one left-wing leader to become the ruler of a single-party state.

-Fought colonialism. Ho Chi Minh fought against the French while Castro fought the US backed Batista regime. -Both were staunchly nationalist and were against foreign intervention in their respective states. -Both conducted guerilla operations against their opponents. -Both established secret police institutions in their respective countries. -Both adopted socialist views and received funding from the USSR. -Both dissolved opposition movements and parties. -Both dissolved elections in their respective countries. -Connections to either of them were crucial for appointment to public offices or promotion within the system. -Both restricted the freedom of the press in their respective countries. -Ho Chi Minh lived and was extensively educated in the west. -Ho Chi Minh sought to work within ‘the system to establish a free Vietnam before resorting to violence. -Ho Chi Minh wrested a colony away from larger power rather than a client state. -Ho Chi Minh nurtured a cult of personality while Castro discouraged it. -Ho Chi Minh’s communist credentials were established ‘organically.’ I.e., he had joined the communist pa
 * Similarities between Mao and Ho Chi Minh **
 * Differenced from Ho Chi Minh **
 * - **Castro amassed considerable personal wealth.

__Establishment of authorities and single party states__ · Methods: force, legal · Form of government, (left- and right-wing) ideology · Nature, extent and treatment of opposition 1. Analyzing the ideology of (a) one right-wing ruler, and (b) one left wing ruler. 2. Select one leader of a single-party state, and explain why there was opposition to his rule, and why the opposition succeeded or failed. 3. Discuss (a) the ideology of, and (b) the support for, one right wing ruler of a single-party state. **4.** **Evaluate the methods used by either // Peron // or // Nasser // to maintain power. (for our purposes, you will select any two leaders from different regions)** __Domestic policies and impact__ · Structure and organization of government and administration · Political, economic, social and religious policies · Role of education, the arts, the media, propaganda · Status of women, treatment of religious groups and minorities 1. Compare and contrast the religious policies of Hitler and Peron. 2. In 1952 Kenyatta said, “God said this is our land, land in which we flourish as a people”. In what ways did the people of Kenya (a) benefit, and (b) suffer from Kenyatta’s policies? 3. To what extent were the social and economic policies of one of the following successful: Mao, Nasser, Stalin? **4.** **Compare and contrast the domestic policies of two of the following: Castro, Kenyatta, Stalin. (for our purposes, you will select any two leaders from different regions)** 5. Examine the role of education in one single-party or authoritarian state. 6. In what ways, and to what extent, was propaganda important in the rise and ruler of Hitler?