... Soviet bloc. In 1949 the Soviets finally succeeded in exploding an atomic bomb, and China fell to the Communists under Mao Zedong. The Marxist revolution--the mere dream of revolutionaries in Stalin's youth--seemed to finally be at hand, and that December, Mao attended the impressive celebration of Stalin's seventieth birthday. The aging man was still dangerous: in 1948, he had abruptly eliminated ... had long dominated true science in the Soviet Union, especially in the biological sciences. He also continued in his constant political plottings, and, as always, saw enemies everywhere. I...

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... of China to Communist power. China fell to communism because of the weak government of Chiang Kai-sheck. During the last months of 1949, Kai-sheck's nationalist government collapsed to Mao Zedong. Chiang fled with his allies to the island of Formosa (Taiwan), and "the entire Chinese mainland came under the control of a communist government that many Americans believed to be an ... ...

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... needs of workers. Stalinism thrived in countries behind the Iron Curtain until Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in the late 1980's and early 1990's. Outside Europe, Mao Zedong set up a Stalinist government in China in 1949. Ho Chi Minh established a Stalinist dictatorship in North Vietnam in 1954, and Kim Il Sung introduced hard-line Stalinist rule in North ... ...

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