Monolithic+communism

Monolithic communism is the belief that all communist countries are united in purposes and directed by the Kremlin. In this case that would be Russia, run by Khrushchev and another would be China which was turned into a communist country in 1949 by Mao Zedong. The U.S. (Kennedy) thought that Vietnam namely the Vietminh (or Vietcong) was trying to become a communist country. We can conclude that Mao's influence was limited because the The Vietminh wanted to be considered their own type of people and did not like the Chinese much. However we can look at China being an influence of becoming a communist country because Mao Zedong was sending weapons, arms, and soldiers.

Ideological Long term


 * hilly's comment:** //this could be improved by making direct reference to the analytical terms in the writing.//