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…, Germany lost a lot of land. Their economy was devastated and their government was strongly criticised for the loss. The social unrest led to several revolutionary attempts (twice by communist parties) they were successful in various degrees…

…was a man who despised the Guomindang; he was a young Communist revolutionary who had escaped Jiang Jieshi's attack. He believed that the Communist party should seek support from the large peasant masses. He was a man of the people. Mao Zedong led "The Long…

…In this reading, Karl Marx argues that capitalism will eventually fail and we will naturally evolve into a communist society. He argues for this by citing some of the various evils of capitalism and their effects on the proletariat. Marx states…

…General Batista seized power illegally and declared himself dictator of Cuba. The U.S. government supported Batista because they believed that he would promote trade and oppose the Communists. Castro became convinced that the dictator must be overthrown…

…were not the members of the League. Germany was not allowed to join as it was a defeat nations and Russia was not a member as the western nations refused to recognize its communist state. While the United States refused to join as it was following a policy…

…Che Guevara was a key personality who played a pivotal role not only in the revolutionary movement's seizure of power in 1959 but also in the social revolution which transformed Cuba into a Communist state. Guevara contribution was primarily…

…what he wanted. He had an overwhelming charisma that hypnotized the people of Russia from 1917 to 1924 when he died. As an experienced ex-revolutionary Lenin ruled a communist Russia with ideas that he didn't let anybody interfere with. Although he had…

…that elections would be held on June 1956, for the country's unification. However these elections were not held, and the US president also had no intentions of holding elections in Vietnam due to which the Communists would obviously emerge victorious, with North…

…communist parties. He later setup Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) in 1930. The Japanese took over Vietnam in 1940. French were allowed to stay but did not have any power at all. The Japanese had control from 1940-1945. In 1941, Ho created the Viet Minh…

…led him to intervene militarily in the Dominican Republic--allegedly to stop a Communist takeover--in April 1965. Like many Americans who recalled the "appeasement" of Nazi Germany in the 1930s, Johnson thought the United States must be firm or incur a loss…