Winning the hearts and minds of the masses was equally as important as repressing the opposition, in order to strengthen their power. ... One of Mao's economic policies that went a way towards winning the hearts and minds of the masses was the land reform of 1950, which wiped out the wealth and influence of the landlord class. ... The peasants were given the opportunity to attack their landlords, which was certain to please them. ... Both economic policies were geared towards winning the hearts and minds of the masses and both were successful in achieving their goals. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Soviet Union polemically attacked it as "politically and ideologically bankrupt" as early as 1967 , several historians offered more cautious criticisms of the movement, and many later works, such as those of Maoist groups, remain supportive today. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His mother, Henrietta, was originally from Holland and never became a German at heart, not even learning to speak the language properly. ... Bakunin organized sections of the International for an attack on the "dictatorship" of Marx and the General Council. ...

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In order to answer this question adequately it will be necessary to identify what the Marxist historians feel were the causes of the French Revolution. In doing so I will be able to deduce what factors of the causes can be related to a Marxist perspective. I will also look at and discuss the variou...

• Word Count: 2327
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

But this half-hearted approach still persists and thus, it is all the more true, that the limited economic resources and the economic and social reforms introduced only hesitantly and much too late continue to cause severe problems along the transforma-tion process. ...

• Word Count: 6376
• Approx Pages: 26
• Grade Level: Undergraduate