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was a Chinese revolutionary and statesman. He was the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 until his retirement in 1989.

was a staunchly anticommunist Vietnamese statesman who refused to ally with Ho Chi Minh after the Franco-Vietnamese War

A Democratic party political leader of the twentieth century, who was president from 1963 to 1969.

Vietnamese communist statesman, president of North Vietnam 1954-69

Alexander Dubcek

was a Slovak politician and, briefly, leader of Czechoslovakia. He attempted to reform the communist regime during the Prague Spring but he was forced to resign following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Douglas MacAuthur

was an American general who commanded the Southwest Pacific in World War II (1939-1945), oversaw the successful Allied occupation of postwar Japan and led United Nations forces in the Korean War (1950-1953).

Wladyslaw Gomulka

was a Polish communist politician. He was the de facto leader of post-war Poland until 1948. Following the Polish October he became leader again from 1956 to 1970.

was a Hungarian communist politician who was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic on two occasions.

Nikita Khrushchev

was a politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War.

was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008.

John F. Kennedy

was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.

was an American politician and actor who was the 40th President of the United States, from 1981 to 1989.

Mikhail Gorbachev

is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, when the party was dissolved.

United Nations (UN)

is an international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries. The organization works on economic and social development programs, improving human rights and reducing global conflicts.

General Assembly

The principal deliberative body of the United Nations, in which each member nation is represented and has one vote. The supreme governing body of some religious denominations.