
Published online:
24 September 2013
Published in print:
27 August 2009
Online ISBN:
9780191777356
Print ISBN:
9780199551545
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From 1917 to World War II From 1917 to World War II
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The Spread of Communism in the Aftermath of World War II The Spread of Communism in the Aftermath of World War II
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Stalin's Death and Cracks in the Communist Movement Stalin's Death and Cracks in the Communist Movement
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The Ussr Reasserts Itself The Ussr Reasserts Itself
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Major Changes in Asia – and Elsewhere Major Changes in Asia – and Elsewhere
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Solidarity, Gorbachev, and Communism's Demise Solidarity, Gorbachev, and Communism's Demise
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2 (page 17)p. 17A Brief History of Communism in Power
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Published:August 2009
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Holmes, Leslie, 'A Brief History of Communism in Power', Communism: A Very Short Introduction, Very Short Introductions (Oxford , 2009; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 Sept. 2013), https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199551545.003.0002, accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
‘A brief history of communism in power’ describes how, by the 1970s, more than a third of the world's population lived in a Communist system. By the end of the 1940s, the number of states under Communist control had grown dramatically from just two to thirteen. The Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 led to a new determination in the West to reassert itself over communism, and by the beginning of the 1980s leading Western nations had a new generation of much tougher-minded anti-Communist leaders. The tide was about to turn, and the days of Communist power's expansion were over.
Keywords:
Baltic States, communism, Cuban Missile Crisis, Great Leap Forward, Ho Chi Minh, Nikita Khrushchev, Middle East, New Economic Policy, power, United States of America, West
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Very Short Introductions
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