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Red Scare Anti Communist
1,544 words
Vivian Gonzalez McCarthyism was one of the saddest
events of American history. It destroyed peoples
lives and shattered many families. It threw
innocent people into a whirlwind of mass confusion
and fictional portrayals of their lives.
McCarthyism spawned for the countrys new found
terror of Communism known as the red scare.
McCarthyism was an extreme version of the red
scare, a scare whose ends did not justify the
means. The Red Scare happened twice in the history
of this great country. When th...
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Shih Huang Ti Filial Piety
1,334 words
Dressed in the drab military uniform that
symbolized the revolutionary government of
Communist China, Mao Zedong's body still looked
powerful, like an giant rock in a gushing river.
An enormous red flag draped his coffin, like a red
sail unfurled on a Chinese junk, illustrating the
dualism of traditional China and the present
Communist China that typified Mao. 1 A river of
people flowed past while he lay in state during
the second week of September 1976. Workers,
peasants, soldiers and students,...
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General Macarthur Free World
590 words
Throughout Truman's narration of his actions and
decisions in regarding the Korean conflict, he
strongly emphasizes that his first priority is to
prevent a third world war. He addresses that the
public has questioned his actions as to why he
doesnt bomb the aggressors (line 5), but he
assures that that would only instigate a major
war, not help prevent one. Another major
complication that would go hand in hand with
bombing the aggressors would be that it would
entangle America in Asian politics,...
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Viet Minh Viet Cong
1,274 words
In the wake of the temporary partitioning of
Vietnam at the Geneva Conference of 1954, the
Dwight D. Eisenhower administration was determined
to do what it could to ensure that South Vietnam
remained out of the hands of Communists.
Eisenhower suggested in a 1954 speech that if the
Communists were victorious in Vietnam, the rest of
Southeast Asia would "topple like a row of
dominoes" to Communist ideology. The Eisenhower
administration believed that if Southeast Asia
turned Communist it would eff...
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Bourgeois Society Ruling Class
1,888 words
... ndi viduals, whose social relationships are
their own communal relations, and therefore
subjected to their own communal control. [ 9 ]
Thus Marx's entire picture of the movement of
history is bound up with his conception of a truly
human society, and the obstacles to it within our
existing way of life. Marx does not present us
with a static picture of bourgeois social
relations, as a sociologist might try to do.
Instead, he gives a succinct outline of the birth,
development and death of an o...
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House Un American Activities Committee World War Ii
1,855 words
While the United States was fighting the Cold War
to preserve its freedoms, the fears and
anti-Communism the Cold War helped cause at home
undermined some of those freedoms. One of the most
notorious examples of this is Senator Joseph
McCarthy. In his search for Communists in the U.
S. government he infringed upon civil rights and
freedoms, such as freedom of speech, provided to
all Americans by Constitution. His actions caused
a lot of innocent people, mostly government
employees, to loose thei...
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Treaty Of Versailles Communist Revolution
1,831 words
... 18, near the end of World War I, forces from
the United States, France, and Britain gathered in
Russia to "expand the eastern front" against the
Germans (p. 84). The purpose of these
interventions at first was to use Russian soil to
win World War I, not to support either side of an
ideological civil war that had just begun and was
occurring simultaneously (p. 84). Before Russia
made several questionable decisions in World War
I, the ideology behind the Bolshevik regime was
not challenged hea...
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German Worker Party Jews Communists
1,753 words
The seeds of Hitler's rise to power were planted
following the outcome of the First World War. With
Germany's defeat, many German men returned to
Germany feeling betrayed by their country and
government. Among them was Adolf Hitler, a young
Austrian Corporal who had fought bravely for
Germany. When the World War broke out, Hitler was
very happy. The War had been a blessing to the
young Hitler, who had been unsuccessful in
civilian life. When Germany was defeated, Hitler
was devastated. He wrote,...
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Great Leap Forward Five Year Plan
1,807 words
Mao Zedong is one of the most controversial
leaders of the twentieth century. He has been
known both as a savior and a tyrant to the Chinese
people. From his tactical success of the Long
March to his embarrassing failure of the Great
Leap Forward, Mao has greatly influenced the
result of what China is today. Most of Mao's major
successes have been in the CCP's rise to power,
while Mao's failures have come at a time when the
CCP was in power. Mao Zedong was born on December
26, 1893 is Shaoshan v...
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Nazi Ideology Weimar Republic
1,002 words
Hitler became chancellor in January 1933. By March
he had full dictatorial power. There is no doubt
that the impact of the depression on the German
people gave way to the rise of Hitler. It was the
single most important factor of Hitler's coming to
power, however it wasnt the only factor. Hitler
had remarkable speaking abilities, which helped
him woo the public. His use of force with the SA
and the inability of the Left wing political
groups to combine, also contributed in his rise.
Hitler also ...
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Shih Huang Ti Filial Piety
1,353 words
Dressed in the drab military uniform that
symbolized the revolutionary government of
Communist China, Mao Zedong's body still looked
powerful, like an giant rock in a gushing river.
An enormous red flag draped his coffin, like a red
sail unfurled on a Chinese junk, illustrating the
dualism of traditional China and the present
Communist China that typified Mao. 1 A river of
people flowed past while he lay in state during
the second week of September 1976. Workers,
peasants, soldiers and students,...
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How Did Hitler Come To Power In 1933
1,031 words
Adolf Hitler was a very lucky man throughout his
life It was November 1918 and Germany signed the
armistice ending the First World War. Private 1 st
Class A. Hitler was in an army hospital being
treated for a shrapnel wound to the head when he
heard the news. Like many other Germans, he was
shocked and angry about the surrender as the
fighting never reached Germany. Soon after the
Treaty of Versailles was signed which detailed the
handover of German land and colonies and the
reduction of armed f...
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Facets Of Russian Communism Within Fictional Utopian Literature
2,310 words
... he ideas of Socialism, Marx published a few
highly controversial news articles and had to end
up fleeing to France in fear of being arrested. He
continued to write controversial articles and
books and soon after became friends with Fredrick
Engels, a man who had written on the oppression of
English workers. As they had different strong
points, the two men decided to work together to
get their point to a larger audience. After trips
to England and settlement in Belgium, Marx wrote
the lead pa...
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Chiang Kai Shek Chinese Communist Party
1,187 words
... the take over of formerly Japanese occupied
areas was not carried out effectively. 2. Peace
talks of 1945 and 1946 From a political
perspective, the Kuomintang's goal was, in theory,
to follow the Sun Yat Sens vision of a united
democratic and constitutional China. The
opportunity to create a united China presented
itself during the talks between Mao Tse Tung and
Chiang Kai Shek in 1945 and 1946. In January 1946,
an agreement had been reached among the
representatives of each faction, includ...
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Second World War War On Germany
1,654 words
The Holocaust and the Rise of Anti-Semitism in
Germany (1) Nowadays, the mainstream Medias in
Western countries describe Holocaust as logical
consequence of irrational hate mongering. The rise
of anti-Semitism in Germany, before the outbreak
of WWII, they refer to as desire, on the part of
Germans, to find an escape goat for Germany's
political and social misfortunes, after the end of
WWI. In its turn, this hate Medias represent to us
to as coming out of blue. Journalists and
historians often sk...
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The Cold War And New World Order
2,165 words
The Cold War and the New World Order (1) It would
not be an exaggeration to say that Gold War served
as metaphysical foundation, upon which
international relations were based, from the time
of Churchill's famous Fulton speech in 1946, to
1991, when Soviet Union has painlessly ceased to
exist. One month prior to committing suicide in
his bunker, Hitler had prophesied: With the defeat
of the Reich and pending the emergence of the
Asiatic, the African and, perhaps, the South
American nationalisms, ...
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Part Of American Falsely Accused
1,510 words
Senator Joseph McCarthy (1) The history of
twentieth century contains numerous examples of
Communists actively striving to undermine
socio-political stability in capitalist countries,
by assassinating their political opponents,
engaging in economic sabotage and sponsoring
international terrorism. However, there are also
many examples of governmental officials in Western
countries being able to effectively deal with
Communist infiltrators, while preventing them from
destroying society's integrity...
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Opened The Door Bolshevik Revolution
2,386 words
Soviet Propaganda By: Philip Luongo The soviet
communist party, or the Bolsheviks, always new
that strong propaganda was essential to increase
the consciousness of the masses. As stated in the
Encyclopedia of Propaganda, propaganda was central
to Marxist-Leninist ideology long before the
Bolshevik revolution of 1917. (675) The power of
persuasion and coercion were exercised with great
force by Soviet leaders. The two leaders whom
utilized propaganda to influence public opinion in
the USSR were V...
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Chinese Communist Party World War Ii
2,207 words
Constructive Relations In the name of peace,
international cooperation, democracy, trade and
human rights, the struggle for power is underway
between the United States, and China. This
struggle is motivated by the natural clash of
national interests, and almost preordained process
in the contemporary state system. The struggle for
power has been the dynamic element of history, and
it is likely to be in the future. International
war (s) may or may not ensue between the two major
powers, but their...
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Secretary Of Labor Put In Place
2,428 words
Analysis of the Red Scare " The tumult and
the shouting dies, The captains and the kings
depart. " -Kipling, The Recessional Mr.
Kipling was wrong. War does not always end with
the last cry on the battlefield. World War I
certainly did not. After the war formally ended on
November 18, 1918, there was an ideological war
still going on in the US. An ideological war which
prompted mass paranoia and caused, among many
other things, what would be known as the Red
Scare, which began in 1919 ...
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