ion began its communist regime under Vladimir Lenin. His ideas and teachings led to mass popularity due to a poor economy in Russia at the time. Lenin was not a bad leader, however he died before he was able to see his plan take full effect. He had only one warning to the people of Russia: never to let Joseph Stalin get into power. Lenin was able to foresee the tyrant when many others were blind. The people did not realize their error when Stalin succeeded. But by then, it was too late; Stalin had turned Russia into a fascist dictatorship. Disillusioned by the clinical self-interest of the Western imperialist powers, the Chinese became more and more interested in the revolutionary changes in Russia and in Marxist-Leninist thought. The Chinese Communist Party, as a result, was organized in Shanghai in1921. Among its original members was Mao Tsetung. There was a large amount of conflict between communist and anti-communist powers in china. This eventually led to a full-scale civil war. Unfortunately, the communists would come out victorious.The United States was deeply involved in World War II when shocking news swept the nation. The president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, had died. As a direct result, Vice-President Harry S Truman assumed the presidency. In a way, The world came tumbling in on Harry Truman. (Farrell, 325) Truman was greatly unprepared for the news that he as about to receive, and he was caught off guard. His first month in office, was largely devoted to briefings by Roosevelts aids and advisers. Truman, and the rest of the United States, was able to close out the war successfully. Despite the fact that the USSR was allied with the United States during the war, Truman kept a strong eye on the untrustworthy communists. The Truman Doctrine was the momentum for the change in United States foreign policy, from isolationist to internationalists; thus The United States was drawn into two wars of containmen...
