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Both Ho Chi Minh and the South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem wanted to consolidate their own power bases,
胡志明和南越的总统吴庭艳都想先巩固自己的力量基础
while Ho Chi Minh tightened the screws on the North Vietnamese economy
胡志明积极巩固发展北越的经济
Diem accepted millions and millions of dollars of US aid to prop up his regime for the final showdown.
而吴廷艳则接受了美国给的百万的美元来构建自己的政权为最后决战做准备
In December 1960 the National Liberation Front, so called, was established in South Vietnam by order of Ho Chi Minh
1960年12月，所谓“民族解放阵线”在南越成立，听命于胡志明
disguised as a non-partisan opposition group the Vietcong as this organisation was better known
伪装为一个无党派反对团体而越共其组织更为着名
was really the spearhead of North Vietnam's effort to conquer the South.
实际是北越试图征服南越的先锋部队

The resulting Vietnam War became the focal point for the battle between the Western and Eastern Blocs.
结果越南战争就成为了西方集团和东方集团斗争的焦点
Segment 24d; Khrushchev's USSR
24段第四部分，赫鲁晓夫领导的苏联
Josef Stalin died unexpectedly on March 5th 1953,
斯大林于1953年3月5日意外去世
his cult of personality was so pervasive that people literally stampeded to death paying their last respects to him.
人们对他个性的崇拜十分普遍，人们真的是蜂拥而至最后一次向他致敬
There had been no arrangements for a successor.
当时还没有安排继任者
Once the dust settled, the Soviet Union was lead by a group of Stalin's old cronies lead by Nikita Khrushchev.
尘埃落定之时，苏联由一组由赫鲁晓夫领导的斯大林的亲信来领导

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此课程介绍了帝国冲突，美苏争霸，冷战。

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