1954 ⟶ McCarthy Claims Communists Infiltrated CIA and Atomic Industry
Senator Joseph McCarthy claims that communists have infiltra...
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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
🗳️ Eisenhower Wins 1952 US Presidential Election
Dwight Eisenhower defeats Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election⟶
United StatesPresidential ElectionDwight D. EisenhowerAdlai StevensonCold WarPoliticsUS Foreign Policy
🇮🇷 CIA and MI6 Orchestrate Iranian Coup
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the British MI6 assists a royalist coup that restores Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to power as the Shah of Iran and ousts Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq (Operation Ajax). The coup was organized because of Iranian nationalization of the oil industry and fears of Iran joining the Soviet camp.⟶
IranCIAMI6CoupOperation AjaxCold WarOilMiddle EastNationalism
🗣️ 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
🇬🇹 CIA-Backed Coup Overthrows Guatemalan Government
The elected leftist Guatemalan government is overthrown in a CIA-backed coup. An unstable rightist regime installs itself. Opposition leads to a guerrilla war with Marxist rebels in which major human rights abuses are committed on all sides. Nevertheless, the regime survives until the end of the Cold War.⟶
GuatemalaCIACoupCold WarLatin AmericaHuman RightsInterventionismGuerrilla War
👤 Senator Joseph McCarthy Dies
Senator Joseph McCarthy succumbs to illness exacerbated by alcoholism and dies.⟶
United StatesMcCarthyismCold WarPoliticsAnti-CommunismRed ScareSenate