... forces responsible for the fall of Communism are the topic of many a book, but it is clear that a large factor in the revolution was a loss of the minds and hearts of the masses. Perhaps Stalinist Communism, more than any other type of authoritarian rule relies upon not only its subject's obedience ... , but also their strong belief and faith in it. The total loss of credibility suffered by the official rhetoric of the Party was therefore a key factor in causing the revolutions. I intend to examine the reasons behind this ... of the party showed that it had no faith in it. The eventual r...

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... .historyguide.org/intellect/marx.html). It wasn't until 1838 he converted his whole family to Christianity due to the fear of the loss of his practice in the Prussian state. It wasn't an easy change for him. It took the loss of his mother in order for him to sever all ties with their native beliefs. Despite his parent's dispute with their ... ...

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... as a "virus ". McCarthy was the one to help spread this great fear in the nation it was not only a threat for America but for it's people. People feared tremendously the loss of their jobs. Laws would hold no meanings and innocent people would so easily be accused. Many put on a black list causing the ... loss of their jobs and the refusal of being accepted to work for any other companies , for McCarthy communists were everywhere. According to McCarthy there were over 200 communists in the ... ...

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... fighting for communist revolution in Bolivia. Only possible solution for many politics at that time was to fight it, like in Korea or stand firm as in Cuban missile crisis. Loss of a single battle, as it has been much feared in 1950's and 1960's, could result in even greater spread of communism around the globe, thus United States cannot afford to ... abandon even smallest one. "Whether we decide to abandon Southeast Asia or to try to draw another line outside Vietnam, the loss of Vietnam will result in dozen more Vietnams in different parts of the world. If we cannot cope with this typ...

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... get worsen. Since Gorbachev decentralized economic controls and encouraged corporations to become self-independent on finance, the rate of unemployment increased because the loss of the governmental support at the back. On the other hand, the economic bureaucracy, fearing loss of its power and privileges, slow down much of his program. Tremendous of work and huge amount of money was required for ... ...

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... remained after the film. Because of the paranoia associated with the time, it would have been sensible to avoid such overtly political films. Fears of brainwashing by communists and the loss of identity were elements of invasion movies such as "The Body Snatchers". Though science fiction of the 1950s depicts exotic aliens, some films suggested the alien was within. The House ... further influenced popular culture through religion. This saw in the rise of revival movements all over the nation. Protestant revivals opened up all over America after the disclosure of the loss of nuclear mono...

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... into another sort of fighting where the likelihood of entire urban communities being wiped out without a moment's delay was a reality yet as I would like to think Russia conveyed the most weight and obligation in beginning the chilly war, the principle reason being that they made division that brought dread, an absence of trust and tension, into the world....

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... of being different from everybody else in her home town; she was the only Jew. This imagery intends the speakers' need to remark her two circumstances that she suffers; the weight of isolation and discrimination. By these emotional expressions there is an implication of submission, but partially because she is reacting against it; as Arendt says, "spontaneity can never be ... ...

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... . "If just one fifth of the people who bitterly oppose Communism and actively oppose it, in such a coordinated manner and under such unified direction that their efforst have full cumulative weight, the Communists will not have even a chance of success- (Welch 179). First he told his listeners they needed to establish nationwide reading rooms manned by John Birch Society members. With ... ...

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... the country of China. From what I have gathered from the writings of Meisner and Fitzgerald regarding Mao's policies during the 1950's, it was the politics involved that carried the most weight. The political effects of Mao's early regime were what caused the economic and social reforms, and therefore their consequences. We can see the beginnings of this with Mao's implementation of ... ...

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... happened in late 1917."" (Pipes Three 18). For the first time in Russia's history, its political structure finally crumbled by all the collective immediate and long term forces bearing their weight upon it. The tsar would soon abdicate his throne, and a provisional government was put in place to establish equilibrium in Russia once more. But it was corrupted and weak, setting ... ...

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... in the CCP took control of his high official positions (Biography.com, 2014). Mao was deeply shocked and angered by the criticism on him for this failure, and his subsequent loss of control. Until 1962, Mao was resigned to a mostly powerless position, and worried about the direction that the revolution took without him in a central position. By the mid 1960's, Mao ... ...

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... to triumph over the other in increasing their influence abroad and their security by creating allies in these regions. For one of the superpowers to triumph in one area was a loss to the other, and although war never came about between the two, proxy wars, coups, and other forms of conflict within foreign countries became the means to outdo the other ... ...

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... international countries toward the ultimate goal of world peace. Another factor supporting this theory is that when a war takes place in a democratic nation, their leaders must accept blame for that loss, by the voters of that particular nation. In a democratic nation, voters have a large say in what takes place in their country. According to the American Political Science Review, "they observe ... ...

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... to using this type of warfare are fewer personnel, lower costs, and the influence compared to the investment is greater. The effects of this type of engagement are that the loss of civilian lives is devastating, psychological result is immense, and some civilians may grow sympathetic for the cause. The terrorists are usually members of a small group or even a group of ... ...

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... that controlled people's lives by violating their rights that are so well written in the Bill of Rights. People like David and Ruth Merrill faced terms in prison, suffered the loss of friends and possessions and were denied the right to earn a living. These were the heroes who either did not wish to testify against their friends and family or chose ... ...

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... more than the destruction of America when the freedoms promised by the Bill of Rights are denied (Feuerlicht, 154). McCarthy installed a fear in the people. But people feared tremendously the loss of their jobs. They feared that their political afflictions would reflect on their job status (Reeves, 99). By trying to keep America from becoming a Communist nation, McCarthy and his followers ... ...

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... , and everyone else in the motion picture industry were terrified of being blacklisted, thus they made sure that they publicly demonstrated their anti-communist beliefs. Countless amount of jobs were loss over speculation of ones political beliefs, which exemplifies the fear of communism that the cold war brought to Americans. Commonly ideological films did not make large amounts of profits; studios ... ...

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... 1855 the Russians first lost the Crimean war (because of the lack of proper training of the huge Russian army), made Russia ripe for a change in its political ideas. The loss caused great economic depression that lasted for more then a half of a century (Bales James 138). During this depression many ideologies about how to govern developed. The greatest, was the idea ... ...

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... acting on behalf of a majority ignorant of its best interests. It was ideology, not a mandate, that legitimized the party." Stalin's brutal policy-enforcement and paranoid terrorism entailed tremendous suffering and loss of life; the interests of the individual were entirely sacrificed to those of the state in the advancement of the sacred task of the Socialist revolution. "Stalin inherited a system that ... ...

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... acting on behalf of a majority ignorant of its best interests. It was ideology, not a mandate, that legitimized the party." Stalin's brutal policy-enforcement and paranoid terrorism entailed tremendous suffering and loss of life; the interests of the individual were entirely sacrificed to those of the state in the advancement of the sacred task of the Socialist revolution. "Stalin inherited a system that ... ...

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... the solution to the problem. Forced sterilization and abortions were becoming commonplace in the regions where pressure was put on the officials to take action. Threats of violence and the loss of assets of a family were gorilla tactics used on the offenders of non-compliance. The self-esteem of Chinese women and girls was all but crushed with being looked at ... ...

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... Americans that they should win, and to pull out without victory would be a national humiliation. In the late 1960's the US got out of the Vietnam War, because of the loss of many American lives in the senseless conflict. Despite all the events that flowed from Vietnam dispute, the fact that China did not follow the policy it applied in Korea ... ...

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... 352). None of the social classes were fighting each other because there were no classes left. What Russia got working was to make the people think that the prospect of loss of potential improvements in conditions of life of the here and now, could only be attained by stimulating labor to unprecedented efforts. The last event that was similar in the ... ...

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... 352). None of the social classes were fighting each other because there were no classes left. What Russia got working was to make the people think that the prospect of loss of potential improvements in conditions of life of the here and now, could only be attained by stimulating labor to unprecedented efforts. The last event that was similar in the ... ...

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