The American Civil War too place between the years 1861-1865 and was fought between the United States (the Union) and the rebellious Confederate States of America.
The best option regarding the cause of the Cultural Revolution would be that there was a "<span>lack of idealism and the compromising of communist ideology," since Mao was concerned that China was losing its cultural and economic focus. </span>
I think that Adam Smith would be more supportive of globalization of multinational corporations since his major work, the Wealth of Nations dealt with the workings of the capitalist system and supported it. I think that Karl Marx would be strongly opposed to the control that the multi-nationals have over their neo-colonies but at the same time would applaud the way that globalization has developed solidarity between the working class of the different countries such as between the major capitalist countries and the so-called Third World countries.
War Communism was the name given to the economic system that existed in Russia from 1918 to 1921. War Communism was introduced by Lenin to combat the economic problems brought on by the civil war in Russia.