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    but also to stop the authoritarian spread of Communism which they deemed highly undemocratic and even propagandized it as evil especially during the Berlin Airlift which is one of the most famous benevolent event that the USA orchestrated. But those were the only freedom fighting they took. Everything else they did was highly undemocratic. USA has a tendency to overthrow foreign government if they don’t please their interests. Their first major anti-freedom action was overthrowing the democratically

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    throughout history, communism has had a hand in the downfall of several organized governments. The reasons for these failures are all similar in nature. Usually because of lack of motivation for the workforce due to no incentive to succeed when everyone is rewarded equally regardless of effort. Socialism is similar, but to a less extensive degree, and democracy is arguably headed into the same direction. I write this to project truth and my collective knowledge on the matter. Communism is not inherently

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    From 1948 to 1991 countless anti-communist films were made, dominating the stage of transnational politics and geostrategic affairs between East and West from the beginning to the end of the USSR. The Cold War would impose an atmosphere bursting with tension on the world film production arena. The main tense issues that prevailed included but were not limited to: Communist expansionism, American Imperialism, an arms race including a nuclear menace, the subjugation of space, and the infamous intelligence

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    infantry weapons, booby traps, and anti-aircraft were not around. Only until the start of the war, we began to see an advancement in equipment. These improvements have altered the lives of citizens both on a large and a small scale. The Vietnam war was a lengthy war that lasted for approximately 20 years. The war was between northern and southern Vietnam against communist beliefs. Northern Vietnam was pro-communism and so were its allies Viet Cong. Southern Vietnam was anti-communist and was allied with

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    revolved around the simple belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia. Neither the Soviet Union or the United States could risk an all-out War against each other. Even though the Soviet Union and the USA could not risk an all-out War, they still fought against each other in the Vietnam War. The countries that were involved in the vietnam war. The countries that were fighting to stop the spread of communism were South Vietnam, USA, South Korea, Thailand, Australia

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    1950 Dbq Analysis

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    The anti-communist feeling during the 1950s was at redline and it was evident when the McCarran of 1950 was introduced by paul McCarran, Also known as the anti-communist law. The law was immediately vetoed by president Truman due to the mockery of the bill of rights,and in response, his veto was overridden by 89% of the majority vote.(Doc A) An 89% is a significantly high number when it comes to opposing the president, and with this it showed the hysteria surrounding the American people as the soviet

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    widespread fear of communism in Australia. It was a delicate time in history as World War 2 had ended five years prior. At this time the two world powers USSR and USA had began their own war “The Cold War” where they funded proxy wars to battle each other’s ideology. It was Australia’s alliance with USA that vindicated their distrust of the communist states and in turn created the widespread fear well into the 1950’s. The Prime Minister at the time Menzies was very anti communism; he exploited the

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    make Pakistan's position exceedingly precarious. The stated policy of the Eisenhower Administration was "stopping communism wherever it encroached, and rolling it back wherever possible" (Daalder). In 1954, the CIA would organize a coup d'état in Guatemala, overthrowing the democratically-elected socialist Jacobo Arbenz Besides the imperative to fight communism, the prospect of anti-Western nationalism must have also appeared to the US and Great Britain as a problem to be eliminated. Syria had

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    were able to reach Americans at any given time. Unfortunately, the Cuban missiles threatened the United States' security, which caused several Americans to live in fear that the war would begin. Additionally, the Cold War instigated strong anti-Communism within the United States and eventually led to McCarthyis. Americans wanted to remove all Communists from American society after identifying the Communists. Overall, the entire situation was created by the Cold War and had a lasting impact on

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    war. This paper will argue that both the U.S. and the Soviet Union (USSR) held deep suspicion of each other in spreading their political ideologies that would lead to global supremacy; the USSR believed Communism was the way to go and that Capitalisism were exploiters, while the US saw as Communism as a totalitarian regime that imposed people’s freedom, in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life endangering ones freedom. Josef

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