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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The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than just a political event. ... The penetration of the Communist regime into every facet of life left the Russian people with little democratic traditions. ... Stalin controlled most of the political power in Russia and began a series of purges to remove all non-Communists from office. ... After Stalin's death in 1953, Khrushchev became First Secretary of the Communist Party. ... March 1985 marks a turning point in the Communist rule in Russia. ...

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In 1945, the communist Soviet Union invaded North Korea, quickly forcing the Japanese to surrender. ... Tensions quickly grew between the North and South, as powerful leaders arose in both territories; Kim Il Sung imposing a communist regime in the North and national exile Syngman Rhee establishing the Republic of Korea in the South. Although the U.S. had begun to withdraw troops from Korea as early as 1948, they were forced to remain, as communist North Korea threatened to invade South Korea. ... McCarthy was just beginning his tirade of communist accusations against members of the Truman adm...

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Throughout the Soviet bloc, reformers assumed power and ended over 40 years of dictatorial Communist rule. ... Solidarity, an anti-Communist trade union and social movement, had forced Poland's Communist government to recognize it in 1980 through a wave of strikes that gained international attention. ... In Poland, the Communists entered into round-table talks with a reinvigorated Solidarity. ... Soon, the Communist parties of Bulgaria and Albania also ceded power. ... I have identified the problems which eventually overcame the credibility of Communist rhetoric as having their bas...

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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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The case of Alger Hiss in 1948 confirmed the possibility that American officials had Communist motivations. ... Two Jewish Americans and Communist activists named Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were implicated in the case. ... Specifically, as an industry of high glamour and infamous Communist activity, the Hollywood film industry was attacked. ... Many towns and neighborhoods singled out specific families that were not "accepted" or "agreeable" as Communist. Soon, any differences from the masses were labeled as Communist support. ...

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United States even offered money to communist countries in Europe, including the Soviet Union. ... Also it made sure that Berlin would not be taken over by the communist. In North Korea, a communist government was established by the Soviet Union. ... Between (1951-1953), in the Korean war communist country North Korea surprised the US by invading the democratic South Korea. ... This decision by the US to become involved in the Korean conflict helped South Korea to remain free and not become communist like the Soviet Union wanted it. ...

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Most European countries accepted the aid, with the exception of communistic powers such as the Soviet Union, and certain Communist parties in Italy, France and Czechoslovakia all who declined American influence in any of their economy and due to this the Marshall plan created a containment effect in which now communist countries received no benefit, and their economies haltered as a result. On the other side, the assistance went to countries first like Greece and Turkey who were receiving fierce opposition from communist influences and generally had to be protected by countries like Britain i...

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Foreign relations and the communist scare were the centerpieces during Truman's presidency. One of the most important tactics to counter communist influence was the introduction of the Marshall Plan (Divine 670). ... From a political standpoint, the Americans believed that Communist China was behind the attack of the 38th parallel (Ferrell 112). After China was passed under Communist control in 1949, the Marshall Plan was willing to give Nationalist China 400 million dollars for economic and military aid to fight off the Communists (Ferrell 113). ... This meant at any time, the Koreans co...

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Industrialisation was the primary goal of Lenin and Stalin, as well as many communist party members. ... The Soviet government saw this and other signs as an indication of an anti-Communist conspiracy. ... Stalin's socialism in one country' had mixed support with some communists siding with it and other preferring the idea of spreading the revolution as promoted by Trotsky. ... Under the N.E.P industrial production was very disappointing to many communists. ... The five-year plans presented an opportunity to Stalin to glorify him at the foundations of the communist party. ...

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Khrushchev's speech undermined the political positions of many leaders of the communist parties in the world. They had to explain to ordinary communists why they glorified Stalin before, but now they began to accuse him of all "deadly sins." The mixed reaction of the international communist movement, disorders in the socialist countries of Europe, the events in Georgia, a secondary failure of returning Yugoslavia in the socialist camp during Tito's visit to the USSR in June 1956, led the country's top leadership to find answers to the problems caused by Khrushchev's...

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This was in clear defiance of the Berlin wall and communist authority But rather than being sparked by an internal revolt, the regime itself initiated this event. ... As the people cheered for democracy and an end to the Communist Party, Gorbachev indirectly supported them by denying East Germany of any Soviet aid. Exhibited here "Soviet-communism" metamorphosing to create a domino effect inflicting other communist sovereignties with change. ... For example, glasnost made criticism of the Soviet Communist Party policy possible. This action can be looked to as a doorway for free speech in a com...

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Innocent Americans were prosecuted for being communist spies in a modern day "witch-hunt." ... In The Crucible, hysteria, as well as paranoia is mounting as characters are falsely accused of witchcraft, much like the manhunt for anyone possibly a communist during the McCarthyism era. ... The pedestrians represent the innocuous Americans who were falsely prosecuted for being communist spies. ... The title of the cartoon, "It's ok...we're hunting communists," is being sarcastic and makes it seem as if the committee's actions are acceptable. ... depicts a teacher under interrogat...

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The other superpower that benefited from World War II, the Soviet Union, tried to also spread their communist idea throughout Europe and the rest of the world. ... The US wanted to prevent Vietnam from turning into a communist nation so in 1964 they intervened militarily in the small Asia country even though they didn't have suppose of the American people. ... The Cold War ended in the late 80's early 90's when the Soviet Union and communist fell and now most of the old Soviet Union is now know as Russia. ... After the War, the US pumped billions of dollars back into the Japa...

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The Americans took this act as a sign that Kim II Sung was utilising a communist take-over, thus in October of the same year America, with UN sanction, invaded North Korea. ... This is important because America as the leader of the capitalist ideology could not afford to let Korea fall to the North, as they believed that to do so would essentially relinquish control to the communists. ... Most South Koreans believe that the North are "engaged in a deceptive peace offensive in a bid to cover up their aggressiveness by misleading world opinion" America too keeps a watchful eye on North Korea...

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Although it was not specifically created to refer illicitly to the Korean War alone, NSC 68 highlights the potential for growth of revolutionary and Communist ideas in Asia as they would be popular amongst what American policy makers would consider a, "particularly receptive audience." ... Arguably this played into the ideologically driven, public hand of the Americans because it increasingly became, what was the business of America became transnational and created a unifying force that would appear to not just be fighting the North Koreans but the tide of Communist ascendancy. ... This benefi...

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Ideological struggle between Capitalism and Communism was a definitive fact that stimulated rivalry: the USSR wanted to shape the future and reconstruction of the East in relation to the communist ideology; while the USA wanted post-WWII world scenario to be shaped by capitalist ideas. ... Historian André Fontaine, moreover, sees the starting point of the war in 1917 with the Bolshevik Revolution, and suggests that it was mainly due to the aggressive policies of the USSR in foreign policy, dictated by its Communist ideology. ... This was written before Karl Marx's Das Capital or th...

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Unlike America, North Korea, which is a communist country, is ranked 197 on the list of countries based on growth domestic product. ... It is currently a communist state under the dictatorship of Kim Jong Un. The political system is originally modeled after the communist Soviet Union. ... According to cia.com, the communist Vietnamese government is also usually described as authoritarian. Vietnam ruled by the Vietnamese Communist Party, the only legal political party in the country. ...

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To combat the threat of communism, Australia joined two anti-communist alliances. ... The threat was perceived because of the "domino theory", which was the theory that as one country became communist, the next would and so on. This was shown to be happening when at first China and the North Korea and then Vietnam became communist. ... Examples of this was the Korean War in 1950 during which the communist forces which occupied North Korea, which was run by communist Russia, crossed the border and invaded South Korea, which was run by the USA. Forces from Australia immediately moved into the co...

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This worsened relations between the USA and USSR because the Truman Doctrine was backed by the Marshall plan which supplied money to countries that were part of the Truman Doctrine and this was directly helping countries not to become communist and therefor directly went against Stalin's idea of Soviet expansion. ... Stalin set up Comecon, as seen in the source, in 1947 which was a key factor that caused relations from 1946 to 1949 get worst between the USA and the USSR because this was set up by Stalin so that the eastern European and communist countries could easily trade between withou...

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" He explained the reasoning behind the scissors strategy in his memoirs entitled New Lies for Old: Each blade of the communist pair of scissors makes the other more effective. False alliances make it easier to achieve specific communist goals, such as the acquisition of advanced technology or the negotiation of arms control agreements or the spread of communism to the Middle East and Africa. ... At a later stage the communist strategists are left with the option of terminating the split and adopting the strategy of one clenched fist (p. 182). ... Labor columnist Victor Riesel, stated tha...

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Critics of the agreements that each nation's leaders negotiated hold that it partitioned the world into both communist and non-communist spheres. ... Stalin gave his assurances that Poland and other countries of Eastern Europe then occupied by the Red Army would not be subjected to communist control witho! ... Neither leader had suspected that Stalin intended that all Popular Front governments in Europe would be taken over by communists. ... He insisted on the communist dominated Polish Committee of National Liberation that had proclaimed itself the "provisional government of National U...

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As the world watched in amazement, the most successful communist country, the USSR, collapsed and disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Though some expert argue that the Soievt's "experiment" of Communist ideology was doomed to fail from the start, it seems that the dissolution of USSR was radical and unexpected. ... Workers gathered and formed non-government organizations to fight against the communist government. Solidarity and Saudis were the major two of them, aspired to become the "co-ordinating centre" of a new reign-wide anti-Communist alliance. ... On ...

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Thus, it was indeed correct for the government to attempt to punish Ellsberg, for he had no right interfering with foreign affairs, nor was it just for him to destabilize American security against the communists for they could have deciphered coded messages sent by the United States. ... Disclosure of these documents will causes various issues within capitalist/communist affairs and will just cause more uncertainty throughout public interest. ...

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(Grimm, 2013) Through his speeches he repeated his anti-Communist policy that Soviets and Communism, as a whole, would fail. ... The Soviet Union no longer standing the type of threat it once did Reagan and his anti-communist attitude and mentality still did not let up. ... Reagan was not a fan of communism, he was an anti-communist. He did not accept it, an always had his eyes on communist. ...

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