... , the United Soviet Socialist Republic(USSR), which was also known as the Soviet Union. Lenin also established, the Communist International, an organisation to assist the spread of communism throughout the world. The Communist Party was formed in 1920, but had very small membership and limited influence in the trade unions until World War II. In response to this formation, a Crimes Act was passed ... War II, communists were instructed to oppose the war effort. The negative influence of the communists led the Federal Government to prohibit the party between June 1940 and December 1942. By...

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... and bourgeois allies, the most urgent goal of ICP was to make most allies as possible to occupy the Vietnam in power vacuum and establish an independent government. The Communist's plea for support was to persuade more ally as possible for nationalist coalition and use their poised power to overthrow any resistance in ICP's way to independent government. To ... for "leftist" experiments. The final reason was because the tension between the class struggle and the United Front remained a constant dilemma for the party. (Ruane,2000) If there were several issues confronting ICP that caused f...

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... economic answers. By the end of World War II, most had withdrawn, though some were still communist party members. The cold war had affected the United States because the fear of communist conspiracy took over the nation and many citizens didn't want to go back to war. During the terms of both ... at home. The fear of conspiracy to overthrow the government led to an attack that persecuted the people who had ties to the communist party and people who had left sided views. Truman launched a loyalty program that had the FBI check all government officials to make sure they had ... no ties ...

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... known Vietnamese activist at the early half of 1900's who peacefully struggled for independence of Vietnam from French rule. As Nguyen the Patriot he was a founding member of the French Communist party and often engaged in radical activities. He attended training sessions in Moscow and was sent to China in 1924. It was here that he participated in the organization of a revolutionary ... movement among Vietnamese exiles. . When authorities began cracking down on Communist activities he was forced to leave China. He remained away from China until 1930 when he returned to found the Indochi...

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... French and seem to categorize them all with poverty throughout the entire population. When living in France, Ho converted to communism and became one of the founders of the French Communist Party. Yet I believe he was still a nationalist at heart because he came back and still assisted Vietnam gain independence. Some may say Ho Chi Minh cannot be a nationalist because he started ... a French Communist Party, but I disagree. Even after the creation of the French Communist Party, Ho Chi Minh went back and joined an exiled Vietnamese nationalist group. He was a nationalist through thick an...

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... able to utilize that period that follows it to attain the goals for which it struggled and sacrificed so much." (p. 160) The communist party gained the control that it so desperately fought for, but once they got the power they did not know how to manage it. Kolko said, "The ... Vietnamese Communist party became counterproductive the moment [the war] ended." (p.149) The political structure of the party was set up to fight a war and not to rebuild a nation after it was over. A major problem that ... not give people much faith in their government. Currently, the situation has improved, bu...

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... time the Americans felt threatened by a country that matched our abilities and power. America believed that right under their very nose conspiracies by communist were taking place, which is the basis for the movie "The Manchurian Candidate". This film accurately displays cold war paranoia. Its plot ... They feared infiltration by communist in places of power like political offices. Joe McCarthy's accusation during that era played a huge part in the creation of the movie's plot. In 1950 McCarthy made a speech accusing 205 government workers for being apart of the American communist party....

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... his first words on the Vietnam War were "I am not going to lose Vietnam. I am not going to be the president who saw Southeast Asia become communist."" The U.S. was now fighting to keep communism out of Southeast Asia. One problem with Johnson's approach was instead of sending ships and Gatling guns, he ... and were designed to "break the aggressive will" of the Johnson administration and force Washington to the bargaining table. The Communist Party believed that the American people were growing war-weary and that they could humiliate Johnson and force the United States to hand over south...

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... their jobs. The Hollywood Ten for example, famous actresses, actors and directors who were accused of being involved with the Communist Party and their lives were forever ruined. The Rosenberg's received the death penalty because of the accusation of being spies for Russia ... . The fear and paranoia of Communism did not destruct after the Cold War. The government's paranoia of the Communist party escalated once again during the war of Vietnam. Although President Lyndon Johnson feared Communism, his decision was incorrect to escalate troops in Vietnam; ... was because they wanted to use...

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... he still diligently worked towards a new generation of Vietnamese Nationalism, while many westerners criticized his movement as aligning more towards one with communist motives. Following the Ho's founding of the Indochinese Communist Party, which held both nationalist and communist motives, Ho Chi Minh was often criticized by the ICP for not being radical enough for the movement. Ho Chi Minh, however, ... in 1941 following Japanese occupation. Ho then re-established contact with the ICP leaders, and later helped found the Viet Minh group which was based both on nationalist and communist...

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... Minh proclaimed the formation of a new provisional Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) with himself as president (Lessons 16). Ho Chi Minh wanted to make independence for Vietnam with his political party, DRV. In 1945, Ho Chi Minh sent a telegram to US President, Harry S. Truman, which explained that Vietnam desired help from the United States to achieve liberation from the French. However ... other. It was the U.S' first achievement to contain communism in Asia after China dominated. After the Korean War the U.S was deeply concerned about communism and intensified its program to preve...

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... Cambodia by the United States during their withdrawal from Vietnam. Little did they know that they would be caught up in the seizure of Phnom Penh in 1975 by the communist leader Khmer Rouge, which later resulted in the infamous killing fields in which millions of "unloyal- Cambodians were slaughtered. This is an unforgettable film directed by Roland Joffé depicting ... of the ever powerful Khmer Rouge. While the US had finished its revolution in the 1800s, Cambodia was experiencing its revolution now. Unfortunately, it was for the worse. As the communist party of Khmer Rouge moved int...

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... In China life was pretty miserable for many years under the control of Mao Zedong. The future of China lay in the hands of the communist party. Much of the country lay in devastation and ruin. Mao proclaimed that the Soviet Union should be the model for China to follow after and ... imitate their communism. They copied the Soviets one-party system with Mao holding the positions of president of the republic, head of the People's Liberation Army. During the 1950's major reforms altered Chinese society ... not have interfered with. We didn't really have grounds to be there except for a fea...

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... defeat toppled the French government, and it was becoming increasing difficult to maintain colonial possession over Vietnam. Furthermore, the French public support and faith was sapped and the French Communist Party against the war gained momentum. French Prime minister, Pierre Mendes-France, became determined to end the war quickly to avoid public criticism and uphold his promise of peace. ... violence that erupted through the south signalled the instability of the South and Diems tenacious leadership. Additionally, American forces sought for a separate South Vietnam, rather than reunit...

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... during the Cold War had support due to the direct conflict of goals of the U.S. and how the spread of communism could prove dangerous for Americans. The primary goal of communist nations was to ensure peace by forcing their views and beliefs on everyone else (Doc 12). For example, Stalin already had a dominating influence over several countries because of setting up ... Soviet-controlled governments in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Once they were in power within the country, Communist Party leaders used the secret police to silence all opposition to the. What Wi...

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... , shoot, and run." Surprisingly, this fighting technique matched the skills of many of the best-trained soldiers from the opposite side. The Vietnam War fought between the communist North Vietnam, and the non-communist South Vietnam was supported by the United States. The main objective of the war was to contain the leader. Ho Chi Minh, was the leader of the "league ... for the independence of Vietnam," generally known as the Viet Minh. The league was organized in 1941 as a "nationalistic party"; their goal was to seek Vietnamese independence from France ... meals. The wounded were prom...

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... in the late 19th century. At this time, France's colonial ambitions led it to take over Vietnam and some of it's neighboring countries - Laos and Cambodia. In 1930, the "Indochinese Communist Party" was formed by Ho Chi Minh, and during the Second World War he formed an independence movement called the Vietminh. After WWII, the Vietminh wanted Vietnam as an independent country ... Vietnam while an unpopular government setup by the French with it's capital in Saigon controlled the South. After many years of political disagreement, a civil war broke out. The North (the communist Vietcong)...

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... president set up a new anti-radical division in the Justice Department, later known as the FBI, headed by J. Edgar Hoover. The president sent Federal agents to arrest and deport communist, socialists, and anarchists. This was the initiation of questioning our government. During the late 1960's and early 70's America was opening its eyes and broadening our knowledge in technology and ... Was the moon landing just a Hollywood video? Our suspicion grows! The United States gets involved in the Vietnam War because American policymakers believed that if the entire country fell under a Communis...

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... . Vietnam has a beautiful landscape. It has soaring mountains. It has forest that include exotic plants, and amazing rivers, waterfalls, and beaches. Vietnam was divided into two parts, North Vietnam, the communist, and South Vietnam. The two halves of the country were divided by the 17th parallel. The North was known as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam under the leadership of Lao ... Dong party. The South became the Republic of South Vietnam. After the Geneva agreement a virtual state of war existed between both countries. The war lasted from 1954 until April 30, 1975. Since ... the ...

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... Chi minh one of the most well known Vietnamese because of his leading role in the war between North and South Vietnam known as Vietnam war. Founder of the Indochina communist party in 1930 and president from 1945 -69 of the democratic republic of Vietnam. Gulf of Tonkin incident- is the body of water that lies on the east coast of n. Vietnam ... was formed in 1960 to effect the overthrow of south Vietnamese government and the reunification of north and south Vietnam. It was represented by its own diplomatic staffs in all communist countries and in several neutral countries. Nixon doctri...

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... result: 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the war. Still today, the Korean Peninsula is divided. Cuba and Fidel Castro The Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro established the first communist nation in the Western Hemisphere in 1959. Since Cuba was aided by the Soviet Union, Fidel Castro, during his ruling of almost fifty years, formed a quite quarrelsome relationship against United ... presidency himself. Serving as a Vice President, a core member of both House of Representative and Senate, many believed that the 1960 election will be a landslide victory for Nixon and hi...

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... with Vietnam. For years and years the people of Vietnam protested but could not get a force powerful enough to defeat the French. Then in 1946 Vietnam's leader (who was also a communist), Ho Chi Minh organized the people of North Vietnam and took out the French rulers in a war that took around eight years. With over 150 billion dollars spent by the ... they had the potential to remove Saddam Hussein from power. The current "president" is Saddam Hussein, who originally rose to power in 1979 through a coup in which the Ba"ath Party overthrew the government of General Abdul Arif in Iraq of...

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... a slap in the face to our country and the heads of our nation at that proposed time. Money talks, that is what got us where we are now. Although the communist party had a power to be contended with, the United States had money and power. Obviously if we didn't help inferior people and countries we were no greater ourselves and let innocent ... ...

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... allowed to succeed from the Un , the history of the United States, as we know it today, would not exist. In addition, the emergence of the Republicans as the dominant party for nearly the next one hundred years had a major influence on the economic and social philosophy of the country. It was not until Roosevelt and the New Deal that the ... of enlisted men, were blamed for the problems of unemployment during the demobilization period. Many Americans who were innocent of any wrong doing were accused of being anti-American or Communist sympathizers. The civil rights of many of these peop...

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... to gain support from the peasants. Although the Viet Minh were crushed in the south and an unhappy compromise lashed out at them, this did not stop Ho and his party from gaining the hearts and minds of the peasants, which he would use to help build up the Viet Minh. It would take another nine years until Vietnam would be ... realised that a peaceful approach to achieving their goal was not possible, as they had been rejected by the democratic super powers (USA and Allies), Ho and the Viet Minh followed communist ways and went to seek assistance from Russia and China. These two countries...

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