Post WWI Political Outlooks

After the Great War, people throughout Europe were looking for a form of government which would solve their problems.  Many thinkers formed new opinions about how a government should be run, and the manner in which a country, a people were to survive.  Italian Fascism was not a consistent doctrine but rather a fusion of different ideas. It was successful, temporarily at least, because Italy was near total collapse.  In Spain, Francisco Franco was forming a totalitarian government, and in Germany Hitler rose to power.  The reason for these drastic governmental changes is due to the many problems that WWI had left behind, as well as the rebellion against previously instituted governments.  Mussolini decided to take various opinions and standpoints to form a new government, one which he promised his citizens, would solve all their problems.  Franco promised reprieve from the disorder which had been characteristic of the previous government.  Hitler promised economic prosperity, and punishment to those who had caused their downfall.  The War forced people to reevaluate the organization of their government.  New ideas were formed, new leaders rose up, speaking of theories and plans to fix what had been wrong before.  The great war was a large factor in the development of the new political ideas.