vidaki have been reading about ike eisenhower's presidency, which i never considered in connexion with mccarthyism.
the 'second red scare' came into full swing during eisenhower's presidency. intellectually i always knew those two historical events happened at the same time. but i never considered them together in context.
so i decided to look at how eisenhower responded to the second red scare, and i discovered for myself just how far joseph mccarthy went in his witch hunt against communists.
take this for example: mccarthy bagged oppenheimer, which i never knew. oppenheimer was the head of the united state's atomic energy project. i cannot help but be astonished.
then, mccarthy went after marshall (of the famous 'marshall plan' policy in europe). i am deliberately leaving reading about that until later.
can you imagine attacking marshall, the man tasked with beating the soviets in the scramble to rebuild europe? deciding to turn on mister anti-communist citizen number one of europe?
the 'second red scare' came into full swing during eisenhower's presidency. intellectually i always knew those two historical events happened at the same time. but i never considered them together in context.
so i decided to look at how eisenhower responded to the second red scare, and i discovered for myself just how far joseph mccarthy went in his witch hunt against communists.
take this for example: mccarthy bagged oppenheimer, which i never knew. oppenheimer was the head of the united state's atomic energy project. i cannot help but be astonished.
then, mccarthy went after marshall (of the famous 'marshall plan' policy in europe). i am deliberately leaving reading about that until later.
can you imagine attacking marshall, the man tasked with beating the soviets in the scramble to rebuild europe? deciding to turn on mister anti-communist citizen number one of europe?