Dean Acheson

1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy gave a speech. World War II had occurred and the United States was in the midst of a cold war. McCarthy “mounted an attack on Truman’s foreign policy agenda by charging that the State Department and its Secretary, Dean Acheson, harbored ‘traitorous’ Communists.” (Source 4) That is to say, Americans who were communists and traitors were under the protection of the State Department. Suddenly it seemed as if every communist was a traitor and if a person was communist…

document. In the US the debate became evident between State Department and Pentagon. This conflict of implementation of the treaty began as soon as the ANZUS agreement took effect in April 1952 (Henry W. Brands, 1987). In the end it was summed up by Dean Acheson of the State Department (as cited by Henry Brands) that it was important that the “confidence and mutually cooperative relations', was something that the United States could not afford to jeopardize” (Henry W. Brands, 1987, p. 253). So,…

The accuracy of White’s comments was seen in 1943 onwards, as “the necessities for cooperation” ceased to be so pressing with the turn of the tide of war in both Europe and the Pacific. Curtin’s government moved away from America and back to Britain once again. As Australia began to seem more secure, its government began to consider the shape of the post-war world and its associated challenges and started to see America as less of a partner in war than, in peace, potentially isolationist…

opportunism, cruel and baseless accusation, and bullying coercion.” The Red Scare also had quite a sway over the presidential election of 1952. On August 27, 1952, the New York Times front page featured an article that accused that Secretary of State, Dean Acheson,…

Introduction: During the First World War Americans began to develop a fear communist subversion within American society, this fear became known as the Red Scare. This fear of communism was compounded during the Cold War because of the paranoid beliefs of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who developed a set of anit-communism ethos known as McCarthyism. The purpose of McCarthyism was to minimize the communist threat to America by accusing and detaining suspected communists by claiming that they were a…

Witchcraft Communism, and False Accusations Have you ever been falsely accused of something that you didn't do? Something like breaking into the cookie jar, or being blamed on the broken vase that has been smashed to smithereens? Well, anyone who was accused of being a communist spy in the 1950’s feels your pain. Senator Joseph McCarthy reined in the 1950’s, and he was certain that the US was plagued with Communist spies. McCarthy struck the nation with fear. Fear that one’s friends,…

Richard Hofstadter said in his book: “American traditions also show a strong bias in favor of equalitarian democracy, but it has been a democracy in cupidity rather than a democracy of fratemity.” The ideal of American Liberalism did not occur at The New Deal time period，but it did attract people at that time. When people realized under the situation of financial crisis，is was not possible that to still have a free market, they needed someone to involved into their economy and help them get out…

Europe and in turn preserved the freedom of the U. S. (Ferrell). Many critics claim Truman’s actions contributed to a permanent Cold War. In August 1946, Russia sought to control a strategic route in the Mediterranean. President Truman’s advisor, Dean Acheson, saw this as an attempt by Russian to control the Middle East. President Truman asked Congress for $400 million dollars to fight Communist aggression in that area of the world (Appleby…

The Crucible Research Paper By: Ashley Cocayne Topics: McCarthyism & Family Teacher: Mrs. Firzlaff Period: 2 McCarthyism is an anti-communist movement. It was enforced by looking at the citizens political parties and views to see who would likely be a communist or have communistic ties. It was similar to the Salem Witch Trials in that to not be named a witch you had to give names of others, in McCarthyism you were forced to give names. If you did not give them names you were either believed to…

Following World War II, all of Europe was left in a clutter of disarray. Instead of watching Europe endure the hardships left from the war, the United States went to Europe’s aid. From 1947 to 1952, European nations experienced a time of massive growth. The Plan aimed to repair the economic and political damages from the war. The plan was a response to American concerns that communist parties were growing stronger across Europe and that the Soviets might intervene. The Marshall Plan also…