The cold war began because of the conflicting ideologies between Soviet Communism and American Capitalism and the misconceptions both countries had about each other. The fact that neither country would reveal anything about them selves added the mystique and created high tensions between countries. Spying was the only way for countries to get a good idea of what the other side was doing and get answers for many previously unanswered questions. Many people had doubts and fears about communism and this gave rise to many people who thought that communist sympathizers should be punished. The most popular of these hateful people by far was Senator Joseph McCarthy.

The cold war came about almost directly after WW2. By February of 1945, Germany's defeat was inevitable. The Russian army of 12 million soldiers had fully occupied Poland and was within the borders of pre-war Germany, ready for an assault on Berlin. The Western Allied army of 4 million men was located just west of the Rhine River (Gardner,38), still advancing eastward. On February 3rd, the Russian army was ordered to hold its position for one week. During the next seven days (February 4-11), the "Big Three" pow

Partisan politics played a large role in allowing McCarthy to claim his seat. The Republicans were all too happy to have a weapon aimed at the Democratic White House. Democrats were unwilling to speak out in protest, for they were afraid that McCarthy would label them "soft on communism" as they had done to Truman. However, even with the election of the Republican Eisenhower in 1952, McCarthy's attacks remained unchallenged for fear of being labeled a communist.(Furtado,251)

Furtado,peter, The Cold War Years, Oxfordshire, BCA, 1993

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