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…of Vietnam as a colony but was surrounded by Vietnamese Nationalist troops which led to the Geneva Peace Accords. The U.S. believed that this actually granted too much power to the Communist Party of Vietnam. Afraid of a “Communist domino effect,” the U.S…

…the 1920's. The Red Scare became like a witch-hunt. Everyone was suspicious of each other. U. S. Attorney-General Palmer planned a round up of communists. January 2, 1920, he ordered department raids on meeting halls and homes in thirty cities nationwide…

…Russia's involvement in World War I is noted as one of the causes of the Communist Revolution. During World War I, Russian armies were badly defeated; many Russian soldiers were killed or captured. Soldiers were sent into battle without proper war…

…. The program became know as the Four Deal. In 1947, the Soviet Union tried to takeover Turkey and Greece. Truman asked Congress to aid those countries. This aid is known as the Truman Doctrine. In 1950, when the Communist government of North Korea invaded…

…and communist, Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Minh declared Vietnam independent. After that, France came to claim their loss. The US supported France fearing the "Domino Theory" would take affect after in 1949 China fell to communism. In 1950, the US sent troops…

…War 2, he was war correspondent for the BBC and the Observer, and wrote for the Tribune. His condemnation of totalitarian society and his intellectual honesty motivated his biting satire of Communist ideology in Animal Farm written in 1945, and in the novel…

…while the United States was doing anything in its power to stop it. The United States believed that once the Soviet Union had a communist grip on Vietnam, Cambodia's neighboring country, Laos and Cambodia itself would follow a sort of domino effect and join…

…commonwealth was independent with supervision by the U.S. With this new republic, the Philippines faced many problems including economic deficiency and much internal strife. Namely, the Huks, a communist led guerilla group, began an extensive rebel movement…

…, and population. Its enormous size has also allowed it to exert its power over other nations, such as Hong Kong, Tibet, and Taiwan. Its communist style of leadership has created an iron curtain over its shores, allowing it virtually no contact with other nations…

…Russia's involvement in World War I is noted as one of the causes of the Communist Revolution. During World War I, Russian armies were badly defeated; many Russian soldiers were killed or captured. Soldiers were sent into battle without proper war…