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    concerning Australia’s involvement during the Vietnam War. In 1954 the French signed the Geneva convention, leaving Vietnam separated into two parts: the North and the South. The North side of Vietnam was occupied by the Viet Minh’s which was a communist group working with the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China, while South Vietnam was supported by the US and its allies. During this period the U.S President…

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    The rebellion of the communist party of Malaya in 1948, the Soviet Union atomic bomb test in 1949, the victory of the communist party in the Chinese Civil War and the Korean War in 1950. These conflicts and events were marked as communist aggression. This belief was supported by the domino theory as it speculates that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism…

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    The Cold War was a state of tension between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, better known as the USSR, lasting almost forty five years from 1947 to 1991. There are an abundance of reasons as to why The Cold War broke out after World War II including the fear of communism, and the competition of nuclear weapons. The Cold War also heavily impacted the United States of America politically, socially, and economically. One of the causes of The Cold War was…

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    another does but only this its countries falling under communism. Harry S Truman provided covert and military and financial aid to the french. The communist victory indochina would precipitate the spread of communism throughout southeast asia. He also gave aid to greece and turkey…

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    “I am a witch hunter if the witches are Communists…”Actor Adolphe Menjou declared during an investigation on Hollywood workers. Looking at the events that take place during the playwright The Crucible, we see many similarities between this fictional story and the “Red Scare” that took place in the 1950s. There are many parallels between the story in The Crucible and the real live events of the “Red Scare.” The “Red Scare of the 1950s” has often been considered to have quite a lot of resemblance…

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    Soviet Union and the United States prior to 1947. This investigation will attempt to answer the question: To what extent did Leninism and Stalinism contribute to pre-Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States? V. I. Lenin ‘Left-Wing’ Communism - An infantile disorder This primary source was written by Lenin in 1920 and was originally published in booklet form in Russian before translated into English. Lenin aimed to supplement foreign communists with a condensed…

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    Stalin's Iron Curtain

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    to achieve this by having what he viewed as Soviet friendly states on his borders,…

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    United States took a variety of different steps in attempting to stop or contain the spread of communism during the era of the Cold War. The United states, which was a democracy , had the responsibility of fighting the spread of communism not only back at home, but outside of the country as well. Many different ideas and policies were developed to try and stop the spread of communism in places such as, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Moreover, these policies and ideas helped the United States…

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    the United States changed their stance on international military and economic ventures from primarily acting alone to one of multilateral cooperation and international institution building in order to align itself with other Western nations following the end of World War II. In fact, the decade following World War II produced the largest flux of international organizations, treaties and rules that history has ever seen. Shaken by competing ideals and fear of further conflict, the communist and…

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    and that was over communism. The Soviet communists did not like capitalism. Russian leaders believed that capitalism was dying and that communism would spread throughout the world. On the other hand, the Truman Doctrine helped the containment that the US was wanting. It declared that the US would support “free peoples” who were being threatened by communist. This was followed by the Marshall Plan which would help rebuild European countries so the communists did not look so good. One good…

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