1950 ⟶ McCarthy Begins Anti-Communist Claims
Senator Joseph McCarthy first claims without evidence that C...
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📜 McCarthy Begins Anti-Communist Claims
Senator Joseph McCarthy first claims without evidence that Communists have infiltrated the U.S. State Department, leading to a controversial series of anti-Communist investigations in the United States.⟶
McCarthyismanti-communismCold WarUSpoliticscommunismRed ScareinquirySenate
🗣️ McCarthy Claims Communists Infiltrated CIA and Atomic Industry
Senator Joseph McCarthy claims that communists have infiltrated the CIA and the atomic weapons industry.⟶
McCarthyismCommunismCIAAtomic WeaponsCold WarUnited StatesPoliticsRed Scare
🛡️ SEATO Founded to Counter Communist Expansion
Foundation of the South East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) by Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Like NATO, it is founded to resist Communist expansion, this time in the Philippines and Indochina.⟶
SEATOAlliancesCold WarAsiaUSAnti-CommunismContainment
👤 Senator Joseph McCarthy Dies
Senator Joseph McCarthy succumbs to illness exacerbated by alcoholism and dies.⟶
United StatesMcCarthyismCold WarPoliticsAnti-CommunismRed ScareSenate
🇺🇸 John F. Kennedy Becomes US President
John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States.⟶
USKennedyPresidentPoliticsCold WarLeadership
🛡️ Reagan Doctrine: US Supports Anti-Communist Insurgencies
The Reagan Doctrine commits the United States of America to supporting anti-Communist insurgencies in the Third World.⟶
United StatesReaganCold WarInterventionismThird WorldAnti-CommunismGeopoliticsForeign Policy