{"id":5630,"date":"2022-01-20T18:04:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T18:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/?page_id=5630"},"modified":"2025-03-27T10:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:15:02","slug":"anti-communism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/course-syllabus\/anti-communism\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Communism"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h3>Why was Senator Joe McCarthy so powerful?<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Brands, Chapter 3:\u00a0 Agnostics and Believers, 1949-1954<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Institutionalizing the Revolution (pp. 45-48)<\/li>\n<li>The China Syndrome (pp. 48-49)<\/li>\n<li>Tail Gunner Joe (pp. 50-55)<\/li>\n<li>Redefining the Perimeter (pp. 55-58)<\/li>\n<li>Liking Ike (pp. 58-61)<\/li>\n<li>The Quiet Americans (pp. 61-64)<\/li>\n<li>The Shadow Lengthens (pp. 64-67)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Image Gateway<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_5634\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-20-at-1.07.42-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5634\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5634\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-20-at-1.07.42-PM-1024x569.png\" alt=\"McCarthy and Cohn\" width=\"940\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-20-at-1.07.42-PM-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-20-at-1.07.42-PM-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-20-at-1.07.42-PM-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-20-at-1.07.42-PM-500x278.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-20-at-1.07.42-PM.png 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roy Cohn (left) and Sen. Joseph McCarthy (right)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Image Gateway<\/h3>\n<div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-4988 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large\">\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/course-syllabus\/1950s\/screen-shot-2021-03-30-at-7-21-44-am\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.21.44-AM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.21.44-AM.png 852w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.21.44-AM-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.21.44-AM-768x663.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.21.44-AM-347x300.png 347w\" alt=\"I Like Ike\" width=\"629\" height=\"543\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/course-syllabus\/1950s\/screen-shot-2021-03-30-at-7-22-07-am\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.22.07-AM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.22.07-AM.png 852w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.22.07-AM-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.22.07-AM-768x656.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.22.07-AM-351x300.png 351w\" alt=\"Abilene\" width=\"629\" height=\"537\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>Try to analyze these 1952 Eisenhower commercials courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingroomcandidate.org\/commercials\/1952\">The Living Room Candidate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Timeline<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1949 \/\/ NATO<\/li>\n<li data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1949 \/\/ Soviets test atomic bomb (fission)<\/li>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1949 \/\/ Communist China<\/li>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1950 \/\/ McCarthy claims communists have infiltrated US State Department<\/li>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1950-53 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/2015\/05\/21\/america-on-the-home-front-during-the-early-cold-war\/\">Korean War<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1953 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/2015\/05\/21\/the-hydrogen-bomb-keeping-us-safe\/\">US tests hydrogen bomb (fusion)<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1954 \/\/ US Army &#8211; McCarthy hearings &amp; then censure vote<\/li>\n<li data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1954 \/\/ Break up of French Indochina<\/li>\n<li data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1954 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/CIA-RDP86B00269R000100040001-5.pdf\">Doolittle Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Cold War Terminology<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Containment (Kennan) and Cold War (Lippmann)<\/li>\n<li>Isolationism (hemispheric defense) vs. Interventionism (forward defense)<\/li>\n<li>Unilateralism (Monroe Doctrine) vs. Multilateralism (UN \/ NATO)<\/li>\n<li>Realism (balance of power) vs. Idealism (international rules)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Oppenheimer (2023)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sOsIKu2VAkM?si=XUkjc6jf_Gt7i4pQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentlavallee.weebly.com\/\"><strong>America and Dickinson College Confront McCarthyism<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1954 Debate over Censure for Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FtVJFBSMXDk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1956 Firing of Dickinson professor and subsequent AAUP censure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4971\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM-1024x585.png\" alt=\"LaVallee\" width=\"940\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM-500x286.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM.png 1466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why was Senator Joe McCarthy so powerful? Brands, Chapter 3:\u00a0 Agnostics and Believers, 1949-1954 Institutionalizing the Revolution (pp. 45-48) The China Syndrome (pp. 48-49) Tail Gunner Joe (pp. 50-55) Redefining the Perimeter (pp. 55-58) Liking Ike (pp. 58-61) The Quiet Americans (pp. 61-64) The Shadow Lengthens (pp. 64-67) Image Gateway &nbsp; Image Gateway Try to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5630","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5630\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}