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…when the US government recognized the Bao Dai government and began sending the French aid to fight off the communist backed Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh (Scheer 10). The French lost the war because it was not fully committed to a “win” policy (Scheer 10…

…and standard of living of the soviet citizens, this coupled with the famines led to considerable suffering. The political impact of the Great Patriotic War on the USSR was simple; it benefited Stalin and his Communist party tremendously. As a result of extensive…

…The Korean War turned the Cold War into a global issue rather than a European one and worsened tensions between the East and West. Russia flooded aid into China and consequently, the two Communist giants became less trusted and more feared. America…

…When historians write about the Vietnamese Revolution, they write about its founding father, Ho Chi Min. However, there is some disagreement about Min's character and his accomplishments. On one side, he is a patriotic figure who used Communist…

…developments. The communists advertised their yearning for some kind of 'national insurrection'. More generally, the liberation meant a start to economic reconstruction and what has been called 'a massive social revolution'. What was the French Resistance…

…Cuban Readmission to OAS Communist Cuba's economy was very dependent on foreign powers from communist Europe especially from the economic help of the Soviet Union, who invested, loaned, and bought Cuban goods. But after 1989, with the collapse…

…failed, for the first time in its history, to achieve its stated war aims. The goal was to preserve a separate, independent, noncommunist government in South Vietnam, but after April 1975, the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) ruled the entire…

…time in its history, to achieve its stated war aims. The goal was to preserve a separate, independent, noncommunist government in South Vietnam, but after April 1975, the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) ruled the entire nation. The initial…

…, the United States failed, for the first time in its history, to achieve its stated war aims. The goal was to preserve a separate, independent, noncommunist government in South Vietnam, but after April 1975, the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV…

…it!” exclaimed an excited McCarthy. “The government is full of Communists. We can hammer away at them. 4” And with that statement, Senator Joseph McCarthy’s witchhunt against communism had begun. 33 days later in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy…