HIST 011 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Mao Zedong, Socalled, Fidel Castro
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Chapter outline: ways of the world, chapter 21. Interpretations of the work of nineteenth-century philosopher karl marx predicted a path to an egalitarian future utopia. Societies would industrialize under capitalism, then see revolutions that would take them through socialism and on to communism. Revolutions that brought about so-called marxist regimes happened in pre-industrial agrarian societies such as russia, china, korea, vietnam, and cuba. Went against the actual theories of karl marx. Nonetheless, these revolutions and a few others established regimes that called themselves marxist and communist. When communist parties came to power, they began to act like typical states. Conflicts broke out between the ussr and the states. Romanov collapse in wwi, february 1917: due to russia"s terrible leadership and performance in the first world war. The new moderate provisional government faced many of the same problems as the tsarist state, including a widespread social revolution and mass desertions from the armed forces.
