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… earlier rebuffed the idea. However, when Eisenhower took charge of the American nation, he was determined to thwart any communist advances by the soviet union. He, therefore, ordered the CIA to pursue the secret overthrowing of a foreign government. The aim was to prevent USSR from finding space ……
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… this specter by flaunting a list of Communists that he knew were secretly hiding in the American government. As fear grew that the soviet had infiltrated American society, the list grew to include others in other spheres—including Hollywood, where writers suspected of propagating Communist ideology and subtly … to weaken the crusade against Communism in Hollywood.
Part 2: The Communist Party and the Blacklist
The US had been allied with the soviet in WW2—but now that the war was over, American politicians were rethinking that relationship. The Communist Party became a target though the perceived … idea of a Red Menace.
In the first half of the 20th century in the US, Communists were essentially activists who supported labor union and workforces.[footnoteRef:2] The idea that these same people were plotting the overthrow of the American government and the undermining of American ideals was ……
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