Hoover, McCarthy, and the Red Scare
Code: LH22828
Dates: March 7 - April 4, 2023
Meets: 6:45 PM to 8:30 PM
Sessions: 5
Location: Lower Merion High School
Course Fee: $117.00
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In the years immediately following World War II, the United States became engulfed in the Cold War with the Soviet Union, which spilled over into domestic politics. Some feared that Communist fellow-travelers and saboteurs had infiltrated the State Department and other sensitive government agencies. The head of the FBI and a Wisconsin Senator, in particular, whipped up these conspiracy theories. Examine the so-called Red Scare and the impact it had on ordinary citizens.
R. Barry Levis
R. Barry Levis, PhD, Professor Emeritus, History, Rollins College (ret 2013); Director, Humanities Program, Hamilton Holt School of Rollins College, 1981-2012; Director, Graduate Program, Liberal Studies, Rollins College (1990-2000)levis@rollins.edu
