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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …