Essays on Leninism

Korea was bisected at the end of the Second World War, as a response to the differing political climates which each half of the peninsula espoused – North Korea preferred the communism of the Soviet Union, while South Korea was more in line with the policies and politics espoused by the west, the U.S. in particular. During the early fifties, hostilities between the two halves of the country reached breaking point, and the Korean War broke out, with the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea attempting to reunify the country by conquering South Korea, and the American army attempting to ...

Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler were leaders of Soviet Russia and the Nazi Germany respectively. Both were born into modest backgrounds and experienced impoverishment during their early lives, but rose to be powerful leaders. Although Stalin and Hitler never met, there are many similarities and differences between them with regard to their social, political, and economic ideologies. The two advanced socialist beliefs, but their idea of socialism was different. While Stalin was a strong supporter of communism, Hitler was a strong adherent of Nazism. A common aspect between these leaders was their lack of tolerance, which made them result ...

Introduction

When Karl Marx wrote his seminal work, das capital, he never thought that his work would be as influential as events in the 20th century testifies. Karl Marx is thought to be one of the most influential economists of all time (Barnett 46). His ideas were first put in practice by Lenin in Russia. Marx had predicted the revolution of the proletariat to depose the owners of capital in the industrial societies. But this revolution happened in one of the most backward societies in Europe at the time. Together with Leon Trotsky, Lenin established communism in Russia. Lenin came ...