Communist governments sprouted all over Eastern Europe. During the last years of the Second World War, the Red Army was moving forward and leaving behind pro- communist governments. ... As previously mentioned the Red Army swept through Eastern Europe leaving in its wake pro-Moscow governments. ... The Communist parties have been raised to power far beyond their numbers and are seeking everywhere to obtain totalitarian control. ... Also speeches like those changed the policy of governments, the USA and the USSR both enlarged their defense budgets. ...

• Word Count: 1962
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

It was a totalitarian state with complete Communist control over all facets of life. ... This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... The communist take-over and subsequent regime was achieved by undemocratic methods, that is, rigged elections, terror, totalitarian state, harassment and threats. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and ...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

It was a totalitarian state with complete Communist control over all facets of life. ... This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... The communist take-over and subsequent regime was achieved by undemocratic methods, that is, rigged elections, terror, totalitarian state, harassment and threats. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and ...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

It was a totalitarian state with complete Communist control over all facets of life. ... This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... The communist take-over and subsequent regime was achieved by undemocratic methods, that is, rigged elections, terror, totalitarian state, harassment and threats. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and ...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School