Question

Assess why you think that it was reasonable to conclude from the advance of communism in the late 1940s that communism was “winning”

Answer 1

Japan had control of Vietnam, The Chinese Civil war had ended and China was Communist. The Korean War was beginning, and the problems in Vietnam had started coming up. It was a serious mess. Not to mention, By that time we were easing into the Cold War. Communism was terrifying. Most of the world at that point and time was practically communist or fresh out of Dictatorship. This is when America reluctantly puts on the sherriffs badge and becomes the World's Police.

Answer 2

Which by the way brought up the famous question "Who lost China?" because nobody really knows who was to blame for China's turn towards communism