Cold War
In 1950, when Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Kim Il-Sung met in Moscow to discuss the future, they had reason to feel optimistic. International Communism seemed everywhere on the offensive: all of Eastern Europe was securely in the Soviet camp; America''s monopoly on nuclear weapons was a thing of the past; and Mao''s forces had assumed control over the world''s most populous country. ...
In 1950, when Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Kim Il-Sung met in Moscow to discuss the future, they had reason to feel optimistic. International Communism seemed everywhere on the offensive: all of Eastern Europe was securely in the Soviet camp; America''s monopoly on nuclear weapons was a thing of the past; and Mao''s forces had assumed control over the world''s most populous country. ...
