Anything but Communism FEAR n Stop the

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Anything but Communism

FEAR n Stop the spread of Communism n House Un-American Activities Committee n Movies-Commies are taking over our films!!!! n Subpoenaed 43 witnesses § Hollywood 10 § Blacklisted n Mc. Carran Act n Illegal to plot- as Truman says, ‘have opinion’

Spies Alger Hiss n Chambers accuses of spying and produces microfilm n Made Nixon’s career n Forged? n Rosenbergs n Passed atomic secrets n Put to death n

The faces of Fear

Joseph Mc. Carthy 1950 -needs a re-election campaign n Commies were taking over the Govt!! n Accusation followed accusation. Mc. Carthyism or unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty w/o evidence. n Ex- listed having 57, 81, 205 names of State Dept. Comrades-never gave one name n

Continued n Massive fear and hysteria ensued n Support by Rep. in hopes of Pres. Win 1954 - Mc. Carthy accuses the Army and bullies witnesses on TV, alienates audience n No profession or opinion was safe! n

On your marks…get set…Arms Race! Air raid drills won’t become popular until Ike, but first leg of race occurs in ’ 49. n Followed by H-bomb n 67 times as powerful as Little Boy n We win!! Nov, 1952 (USSR Aug ’ 53…slowpokes) n

We like Ike, but hate Commies n Eisenhower elected in 1952 n n Brinkmanship becomes popular-operating on the edge of all out war Scale back Army and Navy while increasing Air Force and Nukes—USSR copycats do the same

Cold War Thaw Ding Dong, Stalin is Dead-1953 n Hope for peace rises with Soviet peace with Austria, Japan, and recognizing W. Germany n Warsaw Pact- response to NATO n n n 7 other Eastern European nations Geneva’s Open Skies drop like a rock

Egypt plays hardball Nasser and Egypt play U. S. for fools n Attempt to play U. S. and USSR for Aid n After loan falls through, Suez Canal nationalized n Israel, G. B. , and Frenchies attack n UN stop the fighting n Eisenhower pulls a Truman n Eisenhower Doctrine swears to protect Mid East n

Hungary Revolts Imre Nagy wants democracy, denounces Warsaw Pact n USSR kill roughly 30, 000 Hungarians, execute Nagy n 200, 000 Hungarians flee westward n US is idle n

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