The Vietnam War Begins (Unofficially), but Why Would America get Involved in this Needless War?
The media depicted the war as a “quagmire” begun by “right-wing hawks” who wanted to stop the spread of communism. They said the war was …
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Army Hearings Begin as Joe McCarthy Investigates the Army’s ‘Softness’ on Communism and Communist Infiltration. A Smear Campaign Ensues & ‘McCarthyism’ is Born.
Senator Joseph McCarthy begins hearings investigating the United States Army, which he charges with being “soft” on communism. In the same month and year that …
McCarthy: “6 Years Ago There Were 180,000,000 (USSR) & 1.625 Billion (Anti-communist)… Today… the Odds Have Changed from 9 to 1 in Our Favor to 8 to 5 Against Us”.
Senator Joseph McCarthy, at a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia: “Six years ago, at the time of the first conference to map out the peace …
At the Opening of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Peking, Mao Zedong Outlines the New Chinese Communist Government – Thanks to U.S. Assistance!
The September 1949 conference in Peking was both a celebration of the communist victory in the long civil war against Nationalist Chinese forces and the …