In the Cold War (1945-1991), we in the U.S., were trying to prevent communism from spreading while promoting our own capitalist global economy. We contained communism in half of the Korean peninsula in 1953 when the Korean War ended in a cease fire. We tried to keep Vietnam under control, but we lost it in 1973 after a long struggle that began in full force 50 years ago after the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
In 1949, the Soviet Union tested an atomic bomb, and China joined the world’s communist regimes. Communists invaded pro-Western South Korea while the U.S. and the United Nations went to intervene military. The 1950s were a time of fear and hysteria about the evils of Communism. Fidel Castro’s successful Marxist revolution in Cuba in 1959, would bring the threat of communism closer to home. The most scary time of the Cold War for Americans came during John F. Kennedy’s Presidency from 1960-1963.
Communism seemed like it would not help anyone in the right way, instead it will make things worse because it gave all economic power to the government which became a dictatorship. The idea of Cuba having communism just made it bad for us because it could spread to us or even worse it could lead to a direct war with nuclear missiles. In the way of Vietnam, bad things in that war just made things worse for us. We can keep trying to control bad ideas such as communism or terrorism in the world as long as we don’t mess up- the problem is that we always find ways to mess up and there are always bad ideas that compete with our American dream.
http://classroom.synonym.com/threat-communism-during-cold-war-23645.html
Below is a recent photo of Communist Revolutionary and former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
mimin • Apr 12, 2019 at 2:17 pm
I did not know that Fidel Castro was a communism dictator in Cuba. communism is a bad way to control countries because it doesn’t care about people in their the town, and how that can affect them.
kudret • Jan 4, 2016 at 9:06 am
I am from a region that is controlled by a very powerful communist country in central Asia, so based on my experiences, I would say it is impossible to build a perfect communist country because of the selfishness of humanity. Just like a baby would cry for more foods and hugs after that baby tested the feeling of foods and hugs; once people in power gain the control of the economy they become greedy crying for more. A person’s desire would never stop at any point when that person can have everything she or he wants. Just like my home country, if a government gains most of the powers, then it will turn into a dictatorship country. The idea of communism is based on the idea of sharing equally, so I think a communist country will never come true because our human nature seeks competition instead of equal sharing.
insertname • May 6, 2015 at 10:49 am
We were so scared when Cuba fell into communism under the rule of Castro because they were so close to the United States and it could be a huge problem for the U.S. This is a well written article as well.
Jack77 • Mar 3, 2015 at 12:35 pm
The most ideal society is one that renders politics useless and transcends illusions, such as competition, hate, religion, power, etc. Whats funny is that this is actually possible, even in our current situation. If all humans were to realize that politics are useless and get rid of their attachments and illusions, Earth will be back to its utopic state.
Andrew Powers • Mar 3, 2015 at 12:21 pm
Communism is one of the most simple yet brilliant ideas humanity has ever had. There has never been a truly communist country. grouping communism with terrorism is like grouping protestantism with fascism.