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…and U.S. military advisors were sent to Vietnam to assist the French in other to prevent a Communist victory. However, in May 1954, 10,000 French soldiers surrender at Dien Bien Phu, the French lost a crucial battle at Dien Bien Phu with about 8000 Viet Minh…

…figure, in part for what he had done, but also for the kind of man he was. The collapse of communications made it impossible to determine the fate of the pacification program, but most assessments were pessimistic. When the communists launched their attacks…

…to American global anti-Communist sentiments. Viet struggle for self-rule began in 111 B.C. as the powerful Han dynasty of China began its goals of unifying the provinces of China . This included an expedition led by Wu-Ti to Nam Viet that would result in its…

…The American presence in Vietnam had steadily increased from the Truman administration to Kennedy's decision to initiate greater American involvement in the early 1960's. The US policy since the beginning of the Cold War had been containment of Communist…

…by the West to see how her 'old enemy' would prosper after the fall of Communist Party rule and the dissolution of the USSR. Although the ground for the presidency was largely laid by Mikhail Gorbachev (former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR…

…for the bill and thereby destroying the Weimar republic. The eighty-one Communist deputies were 'absent', on account of being imprisoned, assassinated, forced into hiding or exiled. Some of the Socialists had been taken into 'protective custody', but there were…

…landmarks which he sold as post cards. But he was always poor. He was also a regular reader of a small paper which claimed that the Araban race was superior to all and was destined to rule the world. The paper blamed Communists and Jews for all their problems…

…election were held with the Left gaining a slight majority until the Communists seized power in 1948 and then during the 50s the country came under a Stalinist regime. Pressure from students and intellectuals brought about policy changes from 1965…

…people into believing in the Communist cause and revolting against the repressive powers. But little of these works affected the masses the way they were supposed to; while other works that are written for other purposes and by disbelievers in Marxism affected…

…The surprisingly peaceful implosion of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union is one of the most significant events in history. The world literally went from a nuclear shelter mentality to the rapture of peace in a matter of days, and the credit goes…