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Mccarthy's Code Of Conduct During The Cold War

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During the cold war many Americans feared that their neighbors and peers were Soviet Communists just because they acted or had other views that according to some were ‘un american’. In McCarthy’s speeches he repeatedly talks about how he has the names of convicted Communists in the senate and how they should be kicked out. “I further stated that I have in my possession the names of 57 Communists who are in the State Department at present. A State Department spokesman promptly denied this, claiming that there is not a single Communist in the Department.” (McCarthy 6) This quote shows how McCarthy didn’t trust even the US senate during this period of the cold war because they had different views than his. He also went to say he had a list of
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