For example, the oppressive and totalitarian regime of Joseph Stalin. The apparent similarities between the regimes of Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler were threatening to the US and its allies. In addition, Marxist and Leninist ideology were inherently expansionist. The US held the view that the Soviet Union was committed to spreading of communism to the rest of the world. Therefore, the US was simply protecting itself and its allies in Western Europe from Marxist ideology and Soviet influence. Therefore, the US not only denounced Stalin’s ruthless and corrupt regime, but also feared that a commitment to the spread of communist ideology could expand Stalin’s influence beyond the USSR and Eastern
For example, the oppressive and totalitarian regime of Joseph Stalin. The apparent similarities between the regimes of Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler were threatening to the US and its allies. In addition, Marxist and Leninist ideology were inherently expansionist. The US held the view that the Soviet Union was committed to spreading of communism to the rest of the world. Therefore, the US was simply protecting itself and its allies in Western Europe from Marxist ideology and Soviet influence. Therefore, the US not only denounced Stalin’s ruthless and corrupt regime, but also feared that a commitment to the spread of communist ideology could expand Stalin’s influence beyond the USSR and Eastern