The Threat and Fear of Communism in America (1199 words, 4 pages)
In 2013, the words communist and more frequently, socialist, are used to refer to things considered to be un-American or unpatriotic. However, this scaremongering is nothing new and is minor compared to the massive hysteria and fear characterizing McCarthyism in the 1950s. Americas irrational fear of communism during this time ...
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