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…. Dictatorships worked, and still work, this way. An example would be the communist system in eastern-European countries (e.g. the Czech Republic), which was, fortunately, overthrown in the late1980’s. People were discouraged from forming their own opinions…

…Vietnam In 1955, with the help of massive amounts of American military, political, and economic aid, the Government of the Republic of Vietnam (GVN or South Vietnam) was born. The following year, Ngo Dinh Diem, a faithfully anti-Communist figure from…

…the German country. This would bring peace to many people, as now the United States would not have to continue this cold war with the USSR and it’s allies and their fight for communist power. For a war to continue for years, as this did, makes me feel ill…

…as they would be seen today. This was due to the fact that at the time there was much political violence in the streets of Germany, particularly between the Frei Corp and the Communists. To the citizens of Germany the Weimar Republic was dull, cautious and unable…

…way of governing, with a strong Christian base and a very anti-communist attitude. He did not like party politics, preferring to govern pragmatically, at first with a military cabinet, but later on (1926) he decided a systematic government would be more…

…and therefore had to be exterminated. Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany's defeat in World War I, for its economic problems and for the spread of Communist parties throughout Europe. Slavic peoples (Poles, Russians and others) were also considered inferior…

…, and North Korea as once Buddhistic but now Communist nations. Even as Western ideology (whether in the form of communism or capitalism) has moved into Asia, however, Buddhism has begun to spread in the West. Tibetan and Japanese sects especially have a firm…

…against the ruling Chinese Nationalist party, the Japanese and those of his fellow Chinese communists who looked to Moscow for inspiration. Then he was the leader of the People’s Republic of China for 27 years, from 1949 to 1976, during which time he embarked…

…, such as the Neutrality Acts which stated that the U.S. would not help either side in the war. Although the U.S. was staying neutral, they had done many things to help the allied powers and diminish the possible communist takeover being sought by the axis powers. The three…

…in which he exposed the war. The federal government accused Debs under the Espionage Act. He was sent to jail for ten years. On December , 1921, Debs was finally discharged by president Warren Harding. After, in 1919, Communists split off from the party…