the chinese revolution of 1949

It was also a significant element in Washington’s calculations in Asia. The US imperialists feared that the Soviet Red Army would march straight through China and enter Japan itself, just as it had previously advanced through Eastern Europe. ..

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“Right now I suggest the best thing for all of us to do is to act like the conference never happened.”  . ... I would have given exactly the same speech that I gave at the Sam Francis memorial in Washington. ..

covert regime change: america's secret cold war

“To combat the [Dominican Republic’s] chronic political volatility, Washington backed General Rafael Trujillo’s authoritarian regime after he seized power in a 1930 coup. By the late 1950’s, however, US leaders began to question Trujillo’s increasingly erratic and brutal rule. ..

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