Communist state

distrust between the United States and the USSR after World War II, followed by the Soviet Union successfully testing an atomic bomb in 1949, the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1950 that began the formation of a relationship between China and the Soviet Union, and finally the Korean War of 1950 - which prompted then President Truman to send in American troops to help push back communist ideology, so began the great communist fear known as the Red Scare in the United States. The Red Scare was an…

occur in the Soviet Union, Communist leaders in Eastern Europe were forced to consider these reforms in their own countries. Gorbachev and his belief that Communist governments everywhere needed to pursue towards these similar changes. For the East European Communist leaders, Gorbachev’s disavowal of the Brezhnev Doctrine which meant that the leaders could no longer count on his support to stop as with countries that had begun to press for change. The East European Communist regimes faced a…

McCarthyism “Are you now, or have been, a member of the Communist party?” Many people stood before the court and had been asked this question. Why? In the 1950s a Senator from Wisconsin named Joseph McCarthy had feared the idea of communist infiltrating the United States during the Red Scare, a period in which many feared the growing of the communist party. In order to keep the communist out of the United States, Senator McCarthy had started a process to find them. This process became known as…

The Vietnam War was between North and South Vietnam, North Vietnam was communist run by leader Ho Chi Minh. South Vietnam was run by anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem. New Zealand was involved in the Vietnam War between 1963 and 1975. There were around 3000 New Zealanders that contributed in the war, as medical aid, combat or volunteers. The key ideas of the Vietnam War for New Zealand are communism, causes, perspectives, effects on military and significance. The Vietnam War started because…

American xenophobia against the communist Russia was reaching its peak. While Americans were fearful of communists outside of the United States, this fear also manifested itself domestically; the war waged against communism was now being fought on two fronts, in Europe, and at home as well. However, the very real threat of soviet espionage was perverted and used as a political tool. McCarthy, playing to the fervor of anti-communism, used defamation in conjunction with Communist “Witch Hunts” to…

Wisconsin Senator, Joseph McCarthy, led a campaign, known as McCarthyism, in the early 1950s against alleged communists in the United States government, who he claimed were the reason the United States was losing the Cold War. Even though most of these government officials had no real connection to the Communist Party, they were blacklisted. This showed that McCarthy was successful in his attempt to persuade the American people. This speech was delivered on February 12, 1950, to a Republican…

S.S.R. In 1945, Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire in Europe was defeated by the joint efforts of then allies the United States and Soviet Union forces. The Soviet Union and the United States then became the major and military and political powers or super powers. However, they had contrasting opinions when it came to history, society, politics and international relations. The Russian communist government tried to spread communism in many Western capitalist countries which the U.S. and Britain opposed…

or economic aid. This aid was to assist in the resisting of the aggression by the communist in the Middle East. His doctrine was focused on preventing the increased Soviet influence within the Middle East. This increased Soviet influence was the direct result of supplied arms from the communist countries to Egypt. The other spectrum of communist influence was that of a strong communist support from the Arab states toward the counties of Israeli, French, and British attack against on Egypt in…

to what is know as The Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union had apparent differences that led to competition and conflict. But this particular battle wasn’t fought with giant missiles or enclosed deals to overcome and win against the other side. But whomever was responsible to spark the match and light the flame of the candle? The Soviets or Team USA? The Soviet Union should be blamed for the cause of The Cold War because due to their communist power they gained…

However, Kim Il-sung the leader of North Korea wanted to unify Korea and he was hoping to get a support from the USSR. Josef Stalin rejected his offer, but when China became communist he changed his mind. Communism started to expand in Asia and Stalin thought that this event can help make the entire Korea become communist if both China and the USSR will invade. Finally, the USSR and China invaded South…