Do you think that it was reasonable to conclude from the advance of communism in the late 1940s that communism was winning?
1 Answer
Yes it was reasonable
Explanation:
Communism had conquered China with its vast population. the soviet union had extended its communistic control over most of Eastern Europe. Communist rebels were threatening to take over Greece by force. A strong Communist party in France seemed to have an excellent chance of winning elections in the post world war II elections.
The quasi religious utopia promised by the Communists had great emotional appeal. The communist control militaries of China and the Soviet Union were the largest in the world. The Communist had shown (and would show) that they were more than willing to use military force to speed the ideology of Communism.
At the end of world war II in the 1940s it seemed an open question if communism would take over and rule the entire world or if the western democracies would be able to contain the spread of communism.
