McCarthyism
1950’s fear of Communism is high in the USA.
Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (led the House of Un-American activities committee)
Period of paranoia.
It became a witch-hunt: The truth became hidden behind the paranoia and misuse of power.
Even the suggestion of guilt was enough to ruin people.
Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (led the House of Un-American activities committee)
Period of paranoia.
It became a witch-hunt: The truth became hidden behind the paranoia and misuse of power.
Even the suggestion of guilt was enough to ruin people.
Anticommunist Literature
WIKIPEDIA
“The more I read into the Salem panic, the more it touched off corresponding images of common experiences in the fifties.”
- Arthur Miller |
Subjunctive Question: If McCarthyism had taken a route that relied less on propaganda and intimidation and more on facts, would the public contempt for Communism have been bolstered even more? How would this have affected the threat of Nuclear war?
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