“Nuclear war” is a term that has caused shivers to run down the spines of Americans since August of 1945. The very idea of cities being obliterated, and whole countries being destroyed in the matter of minutes is enough to cause fear and paranoia in almost anyone. Extreme tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War couldn’t have made the the threat of nuclear war any more real. The immse fear and paranoia that resulted in this needed a scapegoat, the Communists. With the Soviets Union being a communist state, it must mean that it was the Communists that were the threat to the safety of the entire world. This time period in American history is referred to as The McCarthy Era, which included nationwide searches
