The Cold War - An Ideological War | 1
American History Tellers
The American Red Scare
In the late 19 forties, a handful of us politicians saw this situation as an opportunity to advance their careers. The sheer number of front groups meant that almost any one who had been involved with centre left political activity in the 19 thirties had probably at some point been involved with the communist party. When stallan reactivated the common form in 19 forty seven, tens of thousands of americans who had never actively considered themselves communists found themselves guilty by n maybe you once attended a meeting of the world federation of scientific workers, or briefly held a membership in the league of American writers. Or maybe, like bentley glass, our professor from the beginning of this episode, you supported students involved
