This was the beginning of Castro's affiliation with the Soviets, as he joined the ranks of the Communists. ... Palmer explains: "Castro, first secretary of the Cuban Communist party, the only party permitted, ruled as a dictator. ... Eisenhower knew he had to deal with the Communist threat. ... Of course, the question that they, the opponents of this "Communist Movement" should've been asked at this point was, is it worth it? ... In 1961, in response to fleeing citizens, the Soviets constructed the Berlin Wall, physically splitting the democratic West Berlin and the Communist East B...

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His campaign strategies were to unite the Republican party and he appealing to voters in border, southern, and western states by enunciating conservative policies that distinguished the GOP from the liberalism of the Democrats and the more conservative views of the American Independent party. ... George Wallace of Alabama, candidate for the American Independent party. ... So in April of 1970, he approved a joint US-Vietnamese attack on Communist sanctuaries in eastern Cambodia. It took two months and huge quantities of supplies were taken, supposedly assuring that the Communists wou...

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Following almost a century of alliance, Americans and Russians disagreement came to the front line when in 1917 the Communists seized power, and established the Soviet Union. ... In March 1951 he succeeded to the presidency, supported by the army and the left-wing political parties, including the Guatemalan Communist Party. ... Public view of Arbenz, was that he was a friend of communists. ...

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He also stated that the American people should be aware of the communists, Khrushchev in the Soviet Union, the Chinese Communists, how they were on the move and America had to counter and move towards freedom. ... Kennedy simply said that they needed to watch and be continually alert to what the communists were doing. Nixon agreed and also stated that the way to fight Communism was to attack the injustices in society that the Communists feed upon. ... Nixon said that nothing should just be turned over to the Communists because it just makes them more hungry for more land. ... He ...

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The United States government feared that the unrest would eventually lead to a communist takeover, so they discretely established contact with Batista to help him run Cuba during the presidency of five different presidents, until they felt he was ready to be president. ... Fidel was not a member of any party but he was eager to create a personal reputation as fast as possible. ... In October of 1961, he announced to his people and the world during a television talk show that his political party would now have a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary program adjusted to the precise objective conditio...

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Kennedy usually backed bills sponsored by his party but would sometimes show independence by voting with the Republicans. ... In China, the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, which had been supported by the United States, was unable to withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong. ... Truman's critics, including Kennedy, charged that the administration had failed to support Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists. Despite Kennedy's wavering within his own party platform, John F. ...

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Boarding their plane as quickly as possible after the debate, Kennedy and his campaign party flew to Michigan, where he was scheduled to speak briefly at the university at Ann Arbor. It was about 2:00 AM, the night was clear and mild and somewhat to the campaign party's surprise, a very large turnout of students, estimated at ten thousand, had waited up for the senator. ... Some of these governments might receive a large amount of funding from Communist nations such as the Soviet Union, while at the same time receive help from democratic nations like the United States- (Montanye). ...

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The JFK Assassination: Investigating Motives Behind Popular Conspiracy Theories Most people who were alive at the time remember exactly where they were on the fateful day of November 22, 1963. On that day President John F. Kennedy arrived in Dallas to a crowd of excited people lining the streets, ...

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Finally, the New Deal "transformed the American party system." ... (10) Johnson's Vietnam mission report reflected the third tenet of postwar liberalism; to defend the freeworld from communist expansion. ...

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