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…, American University Speech, June 10, 1963. The Cold War was a time in American History during the twentieth century where the Communist nations were fighting against the non-Communist nations. However, the main countries involved, or the ones leading the two…

…The Cold War The Cold War is the shifting struggle for power and prestige between the Western powers and the Communist bloc from the end of World War II until 1989. The Cold War was a fight between democracy and communism. There had always been…

…Dinh Diem emerged as the new Prime Minister of South Vietnam. Diem was a staunch anti-Communist from the south with strong links in America, which suited everyone - except for the communists – as it would stop the spread of Communism through out the pacific…

…In the play, The Crucible, many parallels can be found in reference to the 1950 Communist trials led by Joe McCarthy. In this work by Arthur Miller, the events of the 1692 Salem witch trials parallel those of the McCarthy trials, in that, both events…

…of an American monopoly of nuclear weapons. In June of 1950 another conflict became apparent, with a war between the aggressive Communist North Korea and the somewhat Democratic South Korea which resulted in an estimated 4 Million Casualties. The United Nations…

…. This included many new weapons of mass destruction, such a nuclear weapons, unmanned ballistic missiles, and satellites. The U.S. also tried to stop communist Russia from taking over Europe. The U.S. and its citizens were very afraid of a communist take over. Because…

…The Cold War was a time in American History during the twentieth century where the Communist nations were fighting against the non-Communist nations. However, the main countries involved, or the ones leading the two sides were the United States and Russia…

…Joseph Stalin lived from 1879 till 1953. Stalin was one of the most ruthless communist dictators of all time. After Lenin’s death, Stalin pushed his way to the top and was set out to make the Soviet Union into an industrial power. In 1928, Stalin…

…Following WWII, The United States and Soviet Union were gripped in the clenches of a Cold War. Stalin felt the need to spread communism and add on to the Soviet Union by installing communist governments in the countries to the east, while the goal…

…could attend school. Peasants and factory workers did not have the time to attend school; therefore as of 1949 only 20% of China was literate. The Communists who controlled China considered illiteracy a major stumbling block in their promotion of political…