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…with almost complete control in some of the countries. As historians Joel Palmer and R.R. Colton say, even when the communists (directly influenced by Moscow) had to share control in a country, they still “held key ministries of interior, propaganda, and justice…

…In conclusion it can be said that personal and political factors have shaped the films of Chinese film-maker Zhang Yimou and caused him to come under the close surveillance of the Chinese censors. Zhang’s family's opposition to the ruling Communist Party…

…the Chinese communist revolution, he actually caused mass economic disaster and was responsible for the death of tens of millions of innocent people. Mao had several good ideas that can be rationalized to some extent such as the Hundred Flowers Campaign…

…Joe’s Victims Although Joseph McCarthy was not the only factor that played into the Red Scare in the 1950’s, he was the driving force behind the mass hysteria that gripped our nation as it faced its darkest days following the war. The anti-communist…

…of famous landmarks, which he sold as post cards. However, he was always poor. He was also a regular reader of a small newspaper that suggested that the Arian race was the superior race. The paper blamed Communists and Jews for all their economic problems…

…, a unanimous decision to render assistance to South Korean was made, and to help repel communist spread. President Harry Truman feared that the South Korea invasion was just a distraction, and that the communist master plan was to spread Soviet influence by invading…

…by drawing small pictures of famous landmarks, which he sold as post cards. However, he was always poor. He was also a regular reader of a small newspaper that suggested that the Arian race was the superior race. The paper blamed Communists and Jews for all…

…/Communist philosophy called for worldwide communist revolution to which he created the "Comintern" to facilitate said revolutions. Many new states were entering the international community in these years, and Russia was eager to wean them away from the west…

…. It was in Guatemala that he began to earn his living by writing archaeological articles about the Inca and Maya ruins. By then he was already a Marxist, well read in Lenin, and he refused to join the Communist Party. This meant that he would pass up the chance…

…democracy. Known affectionately as “Don Pepe” by his admirers, Figueres was both an enemy of communist and a thorn in the side of the United States. While putting down a communist regime and allying himself consistently with the U.S., Figueres was also…