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…disbelieved in communism. He had strong ideas of nationalism, antiimperialism, and reformism, defiantly not communist. Following the attack he was sentenced for 15 years but was amnestied in 1955. He later went to Mexico and vowed to return t Cuba and avenge…

…. The Nazi leaders had been planning to burn the Reichstag to cause a panic by blaming the fire on communists. By an amazing coincidence, there was an insane communist planing a one man revolt. He wanted to burn government buildings. His name was Marinus van der…

…Prior to 1989, the Communists indirectly controlled the government of the Soviet Union. It was during the Mikhail Gorbechev era in which his “openness” measure of reform was challenged by the explosion of the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl on April 26…

…In the early 1950's the United States was worried about the spread of communism in the world. The United States provided many forms of aid to countries that were about to fall to the communist government. The Truman Doctrine, Eisenhower Doctrine…

…being thrown under Communist rule, our country decided to intervene. The United States, alone, lost over 30,000 people. That’s 30,000 too many. Was it worth it? Well, I believe freedom is our birthright. We should not have had to fight for it. I…

…of Japan on August 14, 1945. Hong Kong After World War II Hong Kong swiftly regained its status as a major southeast Asian trade center. Numerous economic dislocations resulted, however, from the Nationalist-Communist civil war in China. Hundreds of thousands…

…. In the following weeks both superpowers began fulfilling their promises, and the crisis was over by late November. Cuba's communist leader, Fidel Castro, was infuriated by the Soviets' retreat in the face of U.S. power but was powerless to act. The Cuban missile crisis…

…, 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…

…example of a government that was weakened and then overthrown is Russia. When the people questioned the Czar’s authority and the government was weakened, it was a perfect chance for the Bolsheviks and later the Communists to take over. With the recent…

…. 9, 1948, a Communist-controlled government in North Korea proclaimed the independence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea under Premier Kim Il Sung. Both governments claimed rights to the entire peninsula. In 1950, North Korea invaded the South…