... in North Korea's support. He offered little help to the North Koreans in their war effort. All of this being considered, Sung's support of the Soviet Union faded, and he grew cold towards Stalin (Daniels, 107). The Korean War left North Korea in an awkward place. Sung looked less communistic every day. His attitude had shifted towards nationalism and he now despised communism. As a new political ... ideology developed, Sung removed all of the communists who had so avidly supported him during the Korean war and replaced them all with people who supported his own new ideology called: juche...

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... categories: "the first one is on the emphasis of the unfolding of Communism in the 1920's and the Soviet involvement in China. In contrast to this does the second group focus more on the indigenous roots of Chinese Communism, and draws a picture of a movement under Mao Zedong's leadership which was categorized by an anti-imperialistic nationalism. A difference in policy of the above character ... has often been used to explain why China today remains united and Communist, while the Soviet Union is split up and most of its former republics have either become or are in the process of beco...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... nationalism within the Soviet republics, coupled with resentment of decades of economic scarcity and arbitrary rule, spurred a challenge both to the ideological foundations of communism and to the legitimacy of the Soviet state. By the end of 1991, the resulting political struggle had led to the collapse of the Soviet Communist Party and the dissolution of the USSR (Foreman 23). The relationship of this first Communist state with the rest of the ... . On the ballots are symbols representing the different political parties. Each voter makes a mark under the symbol of the party he/she favor...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate