The "New York Times" on the web International. Focuses on Communism with a timeline, audio discussion, an interactive map, and slide show. Has great pictures and many links to other similar topics about China.

The "New York Times" on the web International. Focuses on Communism with a timeline, audio discussion, an interactive map, and slide show. Has great pictures and many links to other similar topics about China.

The "New York Times" on the web International. Focuses on Communism with a timeline, audio discussion, an interactive map, and slide show. Has great pictures and many links to other similar topics about China.

The "New York Times" on the web International. Focuses on Communism with a timeline, audio discussion, an interactive map, and slide show. Has great pictures and many links to other similar topics about China.

The "New York Times" on the web International. Focuses on Communism with a timeline, audio discussion, an interactive map, and slide show. Has great pictures and many links to other similar topics about China.

The HUAC was formed in 1938 to investigate Fascist and Communist activities in the United States but came into prominence in 1947 during the second Red Scare in the Cold War era and the "Communist Witch Hunts".

Many of the Cold War presidents used the Domino Theory as the main justification for their involvement and intervention in the affairs of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, China, Korea, Cuba, and Vietnam as it related to the spread of...

A website containing the biography of Joseph Stalin who was the leader of the communist Soviet Union during World War II and beyond.

Discussion of the Truman Doctrine that pledged to support other countries in their struggle against communism, the key element being the policy of containment.

Learn about the "Iron Curtain" that separated the West with the communist countries of the East.

This site discusses America's post-World War II foreign policy in outline form.

This site from PBS.org provides a brief biography of Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969 CE) and his achievements.

You've learned about the fall of the USSR in history books, but what did it mean to a common citizen? Read the interview with Motova, a ballbearing factory worker in Russia, for insight on her thoughts.

Kids learn the history of the Vietnam War during the Cold War. A fight between the communists of North Vietnam and the US supported South.

Senator Joseph McCarthy did not create the national obsession with communist subversion. It had arisen in the late 1930s, years before McCarthy had come to public notice. Angry that they had been barred from the corridors of power for 20...

This video and support materials detail the Hollywood blacklist and House Un-American Activities Committee, chronicling the fear of Communism and resulting blacklist based on political ideology. The video is from the American Masters...

The House Un-American Activities Committee, a Congressional committee, sought to find Communist activity in the film industry. Read the transcript from hearings questioning Jack Warner, head of Warner Brothers film company, Louis B....

Following the end of WW11, relations between the Soviet Union and the USA turned hostile and negative. Canada quickly became involved in the Cold War. An overview of this period of spying, propaganda, communist paranoia, and even...

This ibiblio.org exhibit discusses in detail the history of the Soviet Union. The site is grouped into two main categories with several sub-headings. One is Internal Workings of the Soviet System including: Repression and Terror: Stalin...

A fascinating article about how a conversation about Lenin led to the conviction and six-month jail sentence for Joseph Yenowsky. Excellent article shows the extreme fear of Reds and communism in the 1920's.

In March 1953, Joseph Stalin, who had ruled the Soviet Union since 1928, died at the age of 73. His feared minister of internal affairs, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, was subsequently shot for treason. Nikita Khrushchev then became first...

In May 1950, at the very moment that Senator Joseph McCarthy was beginning his crusade against communist subversion, the U.S. Senate created a special committee to investigate another "enemy within": organized crim

This detailed chronology of the Vietnam War is part of a four-segment timeline on the conflict published by the History Place, a privately operated online publication. The site focuses on the events and decisions that eventually led to...

In 1991, communist hardliners attempted to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev for his reforms leading to the break-up of the Soviet Union. The coup lasted for three days. Article dated August 15, 2001.