Afer Japan was defeated in 1945, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel. North of the political border would be Soviet territory (People's Democratic Republic) and South would be U.S. territory(Republic of Korea). In 1950 Nort

The Korean War and McCarthyism were two important factors in the development of U.S. - Soviet relations, although the latter only affected these relations indirectly. During this period the tensions between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. grew high enough, that if it had not been for decisions like Truman's-not to attack China- the Third World War would have been a reality.

The Republican senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisonsin was looking for an issue to reassure is election in the 1952 elections. He observed the sweet spot of the Democrats: attacks at their indecisive actions toward communism. So he started coming up with names of supposed communist Democrats from the government. He had no evidence, but for him being a senator, talking was enough. A committee investigated his accusations and called them fraud, but he did not give up, being encouraged by fellow Republicans as r. Taft and J. Bricker. At the same time the Korean war was happening so the American public was vulnerable to any kind of communist related subjects. McCarhy's attacks appealed t

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