The long anticipated attack launched by the People’s Liberation Army, the military division of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on January 6, 1949 was the start of a five month offensive that culminated in Chiang Kai-shek’s departure to Taiwan. After much self-reflection, Chiang privately concluded that “the major reason for this defeat…is that we are in a transitional period where the old system has been abolished but the new system is yet to be built” (400). The Generalissimo also recognized his inability to build an effective organization and lack of party discipline as major factors contributing to the fall of his regime. This blunt and accurate analysis of the situation is a reflection of Chiang Kai-shek’s experience; his early childhood…
Chiang Kai-shek, as an unprecedented Nationalist leader, also as a great politician and strategist, played a significant role in modern Chinese history. His unshakable position, strategic plan and frequent diplomacy helped China survived on this unparalleled crisis.…
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On the 9th of February 1946, Stalin stated that the next five year plans would focus on heavy industry and claimed wars with imperialism were inevitable. Stalin also made clear divides between capitalism and communism, alarming the US greatly. It is somewhat understandable that the US were alarmed by the speech, as it hinted that Stalin was seeking world reform and revolution. However, being held at an election rally, the speech needed to see Stalin win votes. In order to get elected , Stalin threw rash promises into the ring to satisfy the want and need of his voters. Truman’s personality could therefore be blamed for not recognising this well used political tactic as a bypass for votes, and not as a promise of attack on the…
9. An alliance between Communists and _____________ formed to reunify China. But then Sun Yat Sen died in 1925 and the alliance fell apart in 1927.…
Titrations are used in chemistry to measure the amount of chemicals that are in a solution. It is a simple method to use and it is useful to use in different branches of chemistry. Many industries use the variety of forms of titrations so they can either develop or analyse key chemical compounds because it is resourceful. Titrations are used in companies in many areas of society.…
This further amplified the dislike that America felt against the Soviet Union. Finally, when the US ended the war in the Pacific by dropping two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the Soviet Union wasn’t made aware of this until after it occurred. This made the Soviet Union question if the US was going to drop the atomic bomb on them. They felt very betrayed that the US, their allied power, didn’t reveal crucial information relating to the defeat of the Axis powers during the war. This evidence shows how the continuous disagreements between the two world powers led to significant distrust.…
He would personally be there to make sure that it would happen. When the American ships and trucks made their delivery of rice, he ordered Communist agents to stencil in Sarkhanese on the bags of rice, “This rice is a gift from Russia.” He spoke through a loudspeaker from the dock during the distribution of the rice, informing the Sarkhanese, that Russia kept her word. Even when the people observed the American flags on the ships and boat, he reiterated to them that America only helped them out with the transportation because they wanted to make…
In 1917, Russia was crumbling into pieces. The World War I was draining all of Russia’s resources. There was shortage of food throughout the country, which left people starving. At the battlefront, millions of Russian soldiers were dying, they did not possess many of the powerful weapons that their opponents had. The government under Czar Nicholas II was disintegrating, and a provisional government had been set up. In November of 1917, Lenin and his communist followers known as the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government and set a communist government in Russia. However, in 1924, Lenin died and Josef Stalin assumed leadership of the Soviet Union, which was the name for the communist Russia. Stalin was a ruthless leader who brought many changes to the Soviet Union. Stalin’s goal was to transform the Soviet Union into a modern superpower and spread communism throughout the world, and he was determined to sabotage anyone who stood in his way. He used many methods such as collectivization, totalitarianism and five year plan’s to achieve his goals. Stalin’s rule brought both harmful and beneficial consequences to the Soviet Union; however, the negative factors were so terrible, that they overwhelm the positive factors.…
i. Stalin agreed to join fight against Japan after Germany surrendered for territories in Asia…
Khrushchev’s vilification of Stalin in his address to the Twentieth Party Congress was meticulous in detailing precise failures of his predecessor’s rule. Above all, Khrushchev strongly elaborated on Stalin’s extremities, especially the cult of personality that he had built up over the years. The speech also in turn attacked ‘Stalinist repressions, arrests, terror and murders…[and] for bungling foreign affairs and mishandling the war’. Despite this, Khrushchev was cautious in limiting his other criticisms of Stalin, and it was this focus on him as an individual rather than of the overall Soviet system that defined the boundaries of acceptable criticism. As such, the speech sought to condemn Stalin without endangering the party’s validity or the system that had indeed allowed Khrushchev to rise to power.…
The Soviet Union in the twentieth century was a tumultuous time for Russians who wished to speak their minds and for those who wished to stretch communism to the corners of the globe. With a government consumed by annihilating its opponents and censorship, Soviet writers such as Nikolai Bukharin and Grigori Deborin were compelled to depict the glory of communism or face the harshest of consequences. In “Down With Factionalism!,” Bukharin justifies his slander of Leon Trotsky in the battle to succeed Vladimir Lenin for the leadership of Russia. In Deborin’s “The Second World War,” he explains how the Soviet Union’s allies, England and the United States, let them down and how the USSR, alone, should be credited with saving Europe from Nazi Germany. Bukharin and Deborin rationalize soviet tactics through denouncing a political opponent and condemning capitalistic allies.…
In George Orwell's 1984, the strategies used by Oceania's "Party" to achieve total control over the population are similar to the ones emplaced by Joseph Stalin during his reign. Indeed, the tactics used by Oceania's "Party" truly depicts the brutal totalitarian society of Stalin's Russia. In making a connection between Stalin's Russia and Big Brothers' Oceania, each party implements a psychological and physical manipulation over society by controlling the information and the language with the help of technology.…
A long time ago, I was once 18. A mere young man just out of highschool. I thought my life was going great: good grades, friends, freedom. That was until the draft hit all of a sudden. All my dreams and goals - everything was gone. I got a letter in the mail telling me I was being selected to be drafted and sent on active duty in Vietnam. My heart sank when I read the letter. What will my family do without me? I walked into my kitchen, sat down, and turned on the TV.…
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