Very sorry everyone for the delay on putting this online.  Here is the second prompt, on Mazower’s Dark Continent:

In Dark Continent, Mark Mazower argues that the triumph of democracy in Europe was contingent, almost accidental.  In what ways did other forces and ideologies attempt to solve the same problems as democracy?  Why were they not (as) successful?  In laying out your argument, draw examples from both the pre- and post-WWII period and refer to lessons in both western and eastern Europe.