Political Science 2142A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, Igor Gouzenko
1 Mar 2016
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Lecture huac attacks hollywood/religion comes to tv. The cold war: consensus crucial. Mccarthyism fear of being different, un-american, etc. Mediums use culture as a means of critique. Ronald reagan: how war to cold war. Ww2 over what do you do with germany? international and domestic. Berlin wall, germany divided: growing division of the geography of the world. Arrival of the atomic war and the arms race, hydrogen bombs, missile warfair. Asian component 1949 chinese civil war communism in china. Us lost china allowed the communists to be victorious. Hot war korean war 1950 us is not going to lose another country. Mccarthyism ism existed before joseph mccarthy: the house un-american activities committee - huac. Created in 1938 led by martin dies. All about politics way for republicans to go after fdr. Ww2 breaks out huac shelved (russia on the side of the allies) Huac comes back with a vengeance, and changes its focus.
