non-communist

Although the elections were not entirely democratic (65% of the seats in the Sejm were reserved for the Communist Party), they heralded the end of Poland's one-party state and paved the way for creation of Tadeusz Mazowiecki's cabinet (the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe since World War II) and a peaceful transition to democracy, which was confirmed after the Polish parliamentary elections of 1991.

Archive 2009-04-01 2009

Until 1990, there were four decades of a "war against communism" that was used to justify everything from the overthrow of non-communist democratic governments in the western hemisphere Guatemala, Chile, etc to large-scale warfare in Vietnam, as well as hundreds of military bases throughout the world.

Osama bin Laden: cold war veteran | Mark Weisbrot 2011

But you ignore the fact that Chile is just one (cherry-picked by you on the assumption that Pinochet actually worked economic miracles) example of non-communist dictatorships.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010

President Ronald Reagan dismissed the notion that there was any non-communist alternative to Marcos.

History lesson: Why letting go is so hard to do Glenn Kessler 2011

We also aim to restart a government in Afghanistan unlike Vietnam where we went in to support a somewhat corrupt non-communist government that we thought could be an ally in the area; so much for the domino theory. surprised??

Obama: Afghanistan not another Vietnam 2009

Now Khodorkovsky has some hope that Putin is not "blind to the consequences" of his authoritarian rule and might seek to ease up in hopes of preventing an explosion the non-communist version of Glasnost.

Interview with son of imprisoned Mikhail Khodorkovsky 2011

With the exception of defeated and shell-shocked Japan, the major non-communist powers shared a Euro-Atlantic culture and history, and they were all more or less committed to liberal democracy and various forms of a social-market economy.

Europe's Less Than Perfect Union Walter Russell Mead 2011

I suppose the Red Army was non-communist in the same sense.

Berlinski's Wisdom 2010

Although the elections were not entirely democratic (65% of the seats in the Sejm were reserved for the Communist Party), they heralded the end of Poland's one-party state and paved the way for creation of Tadeusz Mazowiecki's cabinet (the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe since World War II) and a peaceful transition to democracy, which was confirmed after the Polish parliamentary elections of 1991.

A day for Solidarity 2009

Vietnam was to defend a non-communist nation against Chinese expansionism.

Simon Jenkins: A Trillion-Dollar Catastrophe. Yes, Iraq Was a Headline War 2010