Communist Threat Essay Australia responded to the threat of communism both internally and externally. Australia responded to various external threats during the 1950’s. The first threat was the Korean War in 1950 to 1953. Following 1945‚ Korea had been divided into communist North Korea‚ supported by the Soviet Union and later China‚ and non-communist South Korea‚ supported by the United States. North Korea invaded the South‚ and gained control of almost the entire country. Us president Truman
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Communism is a system where there is no private ownership of business or property and the country’s wealth gets shared among the population. Vladimir Lenin started the communist international which was an organisation with an aim of spreading communism throughout the world. Communism really was a threat to Australians in the 1950s‚ the events of the Korean War‚ different alliances being formed‚ the banning of the Communist party of Australia (CPA) and the Petrov affair all tell us that communism
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consequences of the attempts to deal with the threat of communism in Australia in the 1950’s. There were many Government attempts to ban the Communist Party of Australia in the 1950’s. The idea of “Reds under the Beds”‚ was presented in the Communist Party Dissolution Bill and the Petrov Affair‚ which Menzies used to his political advantage. These two attempts to ban the Communist Party led to a significant change in the Australia Labor Party in the 1950’s that changed the course of the Party for decades
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Australian Government respond to the threat of communism both at home and overseas?” With the conclusion of World War II in 1945‚ the world was left divided between two different political beliefs of the communist Soviet Union and the capitalist and democratic United States. The rivalry between these two superpowers‚ known as the Cold War‚ threatened Australia’s peace & security‚ therefore the Australian Government was forced to respond to the threat of communism both at home & off its shores. The
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In the 1950’s there was a massive change in culture and the start of communism was rising up. Communism during this time was everyone’s fear and because of this issue‚ everyone was starting to get all paranoia. Spies in the US atomic program were passing around secrets to the Soviet Union to set off a nationwide panic that communist spies may be invading many American institutions. In the 1950’s‚ allegations were made towards Hollywood that they were involved with the communists that was led by the
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The Australian Government’s Response to the Threat of Communism During the Vietnam War Period After WWII‚ Australia still faced a severe threat‚ the threat of communism. Communism was seen as a perfect government‚ a utopia‚ by communists‚ but in reality it’s riddled with corruption and power struggles and a lack social security and identity. The Australian government responded to this threat in many ways‚ they gave economic aid‚ made alliances‚ took military action and even tried to ban the Communist
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How Australia reacted to the threat of communism The “threat” of communism that the Australian government produced is highly debatable issue. Australia was being exposed to Communism‚ which was spreading south from Russia‚ through Asia and ultimately to Australia. The domino theory was a key belief in the mind of the public‚ spreading fear throughout the world. The Liberal party exploited the threat of Communism and the domino theory to help with their election campaign. They attempted to ban the
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The conservative alliance‚ led by ex-ALP renegade and former prime minister Billy Hughes and prime minister Stanley Bruce‚ was quick to seize on socialist ALP factions and Irish militancy as evidence of ’Bolshevik Communism’. Intro The war‚ which had at first submerged national divisions in a wave of patriotism‚ had in its last years deepened those divisions‚ increasing the gulf between radicals and conservatives‚ those eligible who had fought and those who had not‚ and adding new divisions
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The 1950’s dealt with threats from the USSR and Communism which scared many people in the United States and soon became a full-fledged paranoia. There was fear of falling behind the advances of the Communist countries‚ especially among the Soviet Union‚ creating the Red Scare. As the Cold War with the USSR escalated‚ Americans increased their suspicions of Communist influences. Due to this‚ a special committee was formed in order to investigate Communists in America known as HUAC (The House Un-American
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Throughout the period of the early 1960’s the world was at the brink of all out nuclear war‚ a war that would have destroyed the globe leaving irreparable damage to all regions. Tensions during this period were due to the spread of Communism throughout the world‚ this lead the United States to become very wary of any advancement of Communism in countries who were experiencing an over through of the government. The United States were supporting countries who were in the search of self-determination
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