Summary, Glossary

The World between Two World Wars

SUMMARY

• Intensification of anti-colonial struggles commenced from the end of the First World War

• The harsh decisions in the Paris Peace Conference against the defeated countries destabilised the ruling regimes and created a climate for the rise of fascism especially in Italy and Germany.

• The economic slump originating in the US in 1929 and subsequently affecting all capitalist countries in the world resulted in changes in polity and society.

• Decolonisation process was quickened during the inter-war period in India.

• The Munroe Doctrine prevented colonisation of Latin American countries by European powers and thereby ensured early sovereign status to them. Later this was regarded by Latin Americans as a cover for American intervention and exploitation of the resources of their countries.

GLOSSARY

solidarity: a bond of unity, support for a common cause ஒற்றுமை உணர்வு, பொதுக்காரியத்திற்கான ஆதரவு

slump: a sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price விலைவீழ்ச்சி, சரிவு

bankruptcy: insolvency, financial ruin திவால், கடன் தீர்க் முடியா நிலை

devaluation: a decrease in the value of a country's currency பணமதிப்புக குறைதல்

intimidation: threat, the act of making fearful மிரட்ல், அச்சுறுத்தல் 

bolstered: strengthened வலுப்படுத்தினர்

demoralized: having lost confidence or hope, disheartened மனத்தளர்ச்சி அடைதல், நம்பிக்க இழத்தல்

manipulate: control or influence a person or situation cleverly, unfairly to achieve a specific purpose கெடடிக்கரத்தனமாய் அல்லது சூழ்ச்சியாய் கையாளு

annulling: declaring invalid or null and void செல்லாதாக்ல், ரத்துசெய்தல்