Ho Chi Minh was a member of varying communist groups, founded the French Communist party in 1920 and was notably a key player in the Communist Party of Vietnam, which has elements of Marxism-Leninism, thus Ho can be labelled both a communist and nationalist. ... Minh dedicated his time to developing his communist party. ... The cadres had their patriotism stimulated and showed a communist pathway. ... Likewise, when it suited the situation he could portray himself as a pure communist. ... Moreover, Chan Tran argues that he founded his communist system on lies and brutality. ...

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Marx's vision of a communistic society has helped to pave the way for a better capitalistic system. ... In describing his communistic state, he considers the bourgeoisie as the negative influence dividing society. ... Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was instrumental in establishing communistic beliefs like worker rights. ... Marx details the social changes communists hope to encourage the proletariat to implement. ... (pg. 490) The main objective of communists and the proletariat is the elimination of private property. ...

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Had North Vietnam succeeded in converting Vietnam into a Communist country, it could become very powerful and go on to "persuade" other countries to become Communist. ... North Vietnam was a Communist country. The man who had proclaimed Vietnam independent, Ho Chi Minh, was a Communist. ... He founded the Indochina Communist Party and the Viet Minh. ... It began as a determined attempt by Communist guerrillas (the so-called Vietcong) in the South, backed by Communist North Vietnam, to overthrow the government of South Vietnam. ...

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This policy's purpose was preventing any extension of communist rule to other countries (Doc B). ... As South Korea being the capitalist country, and North Korea being the Communist country. ... Many witnesses were supporting the accusation that communists had infiltrated the film industry. ... " and "Who do know or suspect of being communist?... He also claimed that the U.S armies were full of communists. ...

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Lenin made himself the dictator and the Communist parties held the total power. ... Violence revolutions, form by the Anti-Communists, often occurred. ... This illustrated the weak point of the communist rule in East Germany. ... The restoration of position of Gomulka, the nationalist communist imprisoned by Stalin, led to the agreement of Poland to remain in the communist Eastern bloc. ... The Hungarian sought for independent from the Communist control. ...

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This then concluded to the Bolsheviks becoming in power and transforming Russia into a country with a communist ideology. ... He had come to this notion because he examined the high officials in the Communist government and he noticed that a number of them had Jewish Heritage. ... This would comprise of communists and non-communists. Anyhow, in the Potsdam gathering Truman was not awed with how Stalin had captured the non-communists pioneers. ... The reason being there was intended to be both communists and non-communists to lead Poland. ...

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North Vietnam were communists, South Vietnam were non-communists. ... The Vietnamese Communists called the war "a war of national liberation." The communists saw the war as additional attempt by another foreign power to rule Vietnam. China and the Soviet Union, which were large communist regions gave the Vietnamese communists war material but no troops(Marc). ...

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Castro's position as a dictator transformed Cuba into a communist country. ... The "New Man theory" was a new mind set into transforming Cuba into a communist nation. ... Castro's communist regime government did introduce the much needed health call, and education during its first four decades. ... Cuba as a communist country resulted in serious economic problems... (Ferry Tales 24) Cuba was transformed into a communist country, as a result of Castro's dictatorship. ...

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The Significance Of The Role Of Individuals In The Creation & Development Of The Communist State, 1917 – 53 Russia as a communist state was undoubtedly, even if only on a local level, shaped by the collective. ... The Kronstadt mutiny is an example Christopher Read uses to justify the lengths that Lenin was willing to go to, to protect the revolution and the newly established communist state. "The Fate of the Kronstadt mutiny, in which protest against communist political monopoly was paramount, shows Lenin's determination to preserve communist political power beyond any shadow ...

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All the Communist countries of Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia were included. ... Albania after 1990 By 1990, changes elsewhere in the communist bloc began to influence thinking in Albania. ... The failure of the communists at the polls produced a political crisis. ... Two attempts by the communists to form governments failed, however. ... Most of the property of the former Communist Party was turned over to the state. ...

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At a meeting of the UN Security Council, a unanimous decision to render assistance to South Korean was made, and to help repel communist spread. ... To the UN, it was important to maintain influence over south Korea, as it is a very strategic location, sitting between Japan, the soviet union, and communist giant china. ... All the while, Mao Zedong, emperor of Communist china, began to get nervous about the rapidly advancing and confident UN soldiers. ... As the US soldiers reached the Chosin resovior, they were caught by an ambush of over 100,000 communist troops. ... The US entrance into...

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Racism, prejudice, stereotypes, and communist affiliation were components that led to unequal opportunity and public scrutiny, not allowing the African Americans to fully benefit from those governmental actions taken to help them, as you will see in this paper. ... During World War II there was animosity towards the communist party and anti-communist movements because the party was mostly associated with Russia and the Russian government, who, at the time, were the enemies.# Numerous white employers carried skeptical thoughts about hiring blacks because of their association with the communis...

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America feared the Communist movement and wanted to stop its infiltration into Pakistan by leveraging the locals and giving them everything and anything they need to resist Russia. The United States didn't put enough thought into their actions and used powerful words to define the anti-communist movement that would have severe blow back. ... In order to defeat the communists, the United States decided to obtain allies that would help suppress the Soviet Union. ...

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He made numerous charges, usually with little evidence that certain public officials and other individuals were Communists or cooperated with Communists. McCarthyism was developed during the Cold War, a period of great hostility between the Communist and non-Communist nations. ... According to McCarthy there were over 200 communists in the state department. And about 57 people fell into the category of card carrying-communist, loyalists to the communist parties. An even bigger issue was communist spies. ...

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Communists. ... By trying to keep America from becoming a Communist nation, McCarthy and his followers turned the country into an anti - Communist nation. ... Communists were everywhere. ... And some 57 cases of people who fall into the category of card - carrying Communists, loyalist of the Communist Party, or risks to the nation (Divine, 265). Despite the issue of Communists in America there was a bigger issue, Communist spies. ...

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Rivalry of Culture Fear; the strife between the capitalist and communist governments resulted in this. ... Through Government propaganda, U.S. citizens feared communists and sympathizers and any light heartedness taken towards them was considered and admission of being a communist in itself. ... The Aliens that take over bodies were the communists and promoted the belief that communists were almost inhuman. ... Only a few were actually communists, very few were actors. ... HUAC investigated the public sniffing out communists. ...

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Its aim was world communism; all countries becoming communist beginning with Germany, as it was thought that until this happened Russia could not build their utopian society. ... "The communist international should represent a single universal communist party of which the parties operating in every country form individual sections.... Furthermore the Communists participated in several other trade treaties including the Anglo Soviet commercial treaty in 1921 and the Soviet- German treaty. ... Communist International was considered further to be of no consequence to a country focused on the...

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"What do the Chinese Communists want? ... It is because of China's strive to be a hegemony in the world and because of the clashing of the capitalist vs. communist ideologies in their foreign policies, that caused hostility between the liberal-capitalist USA and the communist China through 1949 to 1991. ... From 1949 China was ruled by communist dictator Mao Zedong. ... In contrast the communist leadership appeared purposeful and resolute; its followers were loyal and dedicated. ... It can be seen through the Chinese foreign policy, written in the times when Mao Zedong was the leader ...

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Kennedy, American University Speech, June 10, 1963 The Cold War was a time in American History during the twentieth century where the Communist nations were fighting against the non-Communist nations. ... The United States led the fight against Communist nations, like Russia. ... It kept on going, however, due to the American communists, communist sympathizers, and citizens trying to achieve social justice. ... These films all presented traits similar to either the communists or the stereotypical description of communists. ... Therefore, it is likely that the directors were Anti-Communist. ...

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The Communist Manifesto was a declaration of the objectives of the Communist League, published eventually in London shortly before the revolution in Paris. ... The intent of the publication was in part to introduce the communist party. ... In Colonge he established and edited a communist periodical, and engaged in organizing activities. ... He spent the rest of his life in London, devoting himself to an international communist movement. ... Their visions of a communist state would probably greatly differ from those of Marx. ...

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On March 1985, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was elected general secretary of the Communist Party in Russia. ... In semi-democratic parliamentary elections in Poland, the Communists were roundly defeated and soon forced to accept a non-Communist prime minister. ... Discontent soon spread to East Germany, as it became clear that Gorbachev would not use force to put down anti-Communist revolts". ... In Romania, the communist Party of Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown by popular protest and by the force of arms in December 1989. The fall of the communist parties in Bulgaria and Albania soon follo...

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At the time many joined the communist part because of the decrepit surroundings that they saw in their fellow man. ... But even then people were very secretive about their involvement in the communist party. ... The 1940's is when the criticism of the communist party really began to hit people. People were worried that if there was communists in Hollywood they could influence the public with communistic propaganda through movies. ... Another result of the interrogations was a series of anti-communist films. ...

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They do not have the advanced society in which to foster a fledgling communist government or the wealth to support any sort communist rule. ... Yet a third world country does not have the wealth or the social economic platform from which a communist government will run. Thus any country which attempts a communist government without first having the other forms required will fail miserably. ... With Lenin's writings on communism these third world bumpkins actually believed they could become a communist ruled country. ... When Russia became communist they had over fifty-one percent of t...

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The Tet Offensive proved to be a political and a psychological victory for the Vietnamese communists. ... Vietnam, a former French colony, had been partitioned in 1954 into a communist-dominated regime in the north and an anti-communist regime in the south. ... North Vietnam, under the leadership of the skilled guerilla fighter Ho Chi Minh, was lending military support to a group of communist insurgents in the south who were attempting to overthrow the South Vietnamese government in order to become a unified communist nation. ... South Vietnamese were assassinated by communists for collabora...

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Communist expansion has been feared much by the United States, especially after the Korean War. ... American leaders felt that United States should stand as a firm power against any communist advance. ... (Dodd 810) More third world countries fall into the communist hands in 1960's that ever before. ... Pro-communist guerilla movements spread across South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. ... One of the most famous examples would be Che Guevara fighting for communist revolution in Bolivia. ...

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