Based on the writings of Karl Marx and Frederich Engels, the ultimate goal of a communism is a world is one with no governments. People will happily help each other out of their good will to their fellows. Also, communism plans on doing away with "classes". It is an utopian dream.
to contain communism
. . . Communism .
to hide the failures of communism
The purpose of SEATO was to block further communist gains in southeast Asia.
To counter militarily and economically NATO
Declaring that " world communism has its sole purpose the establishment of a totalitarian dictatorship in America"
Purpose. At the time (the 1960s) the purpose was to stop communism. In the 1930s/1940s the purpose was to stop Nazism & Imperialism. During the 1860s in the US the purpose was to stop slavery. Each era (time) has it's own purpose.
Johnson's purpose for involving the U.S. in Vietnam was to attempt to halt the spread of Communism. Communism was quickly spreading, from the then U.S.S.R., to China and showed NO signs of slowing in its popularity amongst Asian countries (especially the rural poorer countries) like Vietnam.
It was rooted in the idea of containment,limiting communism to the areas already under soviet Union control.
To contain the spread of communism in post-World War II Europe
Anti-Communism is the opposite of communism.
the two speeches set the tone for the cold war.