The incompetence of the Provisional Government (PG) and the Guomindang (GMD) made a considerable contribution to the outbreak of revolution in Russia (Oct 1917) and China (1949). Both the PG and GMD were relatively new forms of government placed in power to resolve longstanding issues such as low standards of living and significant needs for reform. As a result‚ Russia had removed its Tsarist system in February earlier that year and China also expelled its dynastic system to become a Republic in
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more freely than ever before. This belief turned out to be very ironic. Those who took power in the twentieth century as communist dictators used Karl Marx’s ideas as justification for a ruthless‚ single-party dictatorship. A prime example was Mao Zedong‚ whose skilful leadership played a large part in the communists’ successful capture of power in mainland China in 1949. Communist China turned out to be a dystopian society‚ much like the bleak‚ artificial society in the novel Brave New World by
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The history of the 20th century can be defined by the biographies of six men: Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ Winston Churchill‚ Vladimir Lenin‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Mao Tse Tung‚ and Josef Stalin. Each of these men had a lasting significant involvement in world affairs. This essay will focus on the significance each individual had on the ideologies of Democracy and Totalitarianism. Four of the six individuals were leaders of a totalitarianistic state‚ and three of these led a communist country. Also four of
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the nations; especially the ideological differences. Political Long Term * Stalin feared Mao as a rival for the leadership of the communist world * Didn’t want the Cold War to spread to Asia * Stalin underestimated the CCP * Believed the GMD would be stronger‚ * Wanted the communists to unite * Even when the victory of the CCP seemed inevitable. * Mao became convinced that Stalin wanted a divided and weak China to leave the USSR dominant in Asia
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Eisenhower/ Truman Study Guide The questions cover Chapters 5‚ 6‚ and 7 from the Cold War book- Pearson‚ and Ch. 12‚ 16‚ and 17 and pages 150-161 from the Todd book. All of these sections were assigned and questions were asked in class covering most of the readings. 1. What was the difference between Cominform and COMECOM? Cominform: Communist Information Bureau (September 1947) created as an instrument to increase Stalin’s control over the Communist parties of other countries. COMECOM:
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sponsorship of the communist rebellion in China led to the easy and complete victory over one of the largest countries in the world. This was a complete victory‚ with Chiang Kai-Shek‚ the opposition leader‚ completely pushed out of China and into Taiwan. The U.S. did not manage to contain communism whatsoever‚ and its assistance to Chiang Kai-Shek did not help his victory. The Korean war is yet another example of the U.S. being unable to contain communism‚ even with its own troops. Although the U.S. pushed
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Truman and the Cold War Response Sheet Part 1: The Truman Doctrine Use Site 1 to answer the following questions. Read paragraph 2 of Truman’s speech. 1. Conflicts in what two nations led Truman to make his speech? I do not believe that the American people and the Congress wish to turn a deaf ear to the appeal of the Greek Government. Greece is not a rich country. Lack of sufficient natural resources has always forced the Greek people to work hard to make both ends meet. Since 1940‚ this industrious
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the Sino-Japanese war explain why the situation did not change after US intervention‚ and without these events the nature of the conflict for China could have been much more positive. An example of such an event is the Xian incident in 1936; Chiang Kai-Shek was kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang and put under house arrest‚ forcing to fight the Japanese instead of the CCP. The CCP before this point had just completed the long march. Due to this it is possible that the GMD would have defeated the CCP at this
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American Studies Unit Test Study Guide 8 Cold War Conflicts * Communism: state controlled all property and economic activity; totalitarian government with no opposing parties * Capitalism: private citizens controlled all economic activity; people vote * Distrust: (USSR) Stalin resented the Western Allies’ delay in attacking the Germans in Europe and US’s secret development of Atomic bomb; (US) Stalin’s 1939 non-aggression pact with Hitler‚ and he prevented free elections in Poland
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population could be used to an advantage. Chiang Kai-Shek later agreed that a longer war would work better in China’s favor. China was able to implement some of its defensive plans before the war broke out and a defensive strategy was being planned. The plan for a protracted war was moderately successful as they were able to persevere during 1937 and years to come. According to Mitter (124)‚ after the fall of Shanghai and with the impending fall of Nanjing‚ Chiang was busy making further plans for the
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