What one does not know and understand he will fear. We truly did not understand what the Russians way of life was and what they were doing so we began to fear them. In our state of fear we grew to dislike them and to not approve of their actions. These feelings later developed into a whole nation of Americans hating a whole system of something that many did not even understand. Many political figures at this time were being accused of being Communists themselves , this was a very bad thing for them because when people heard this they instantly go into a state of fear and panic, without any understanding at all. We can still see this in our country today. Imagine if a person running for mayor of a city were to be called a Communist, people would quickly think of "Evil Russia," this being right or wrong it would happen. This is an attitude that is a direct result of the Cold War beliefs and the overwhelming fear of this period that was fed by the government.

rd at the way we were living life at this time it is hard to find something that we did, that we were not competing with the Russians in. The government of the United States spread propaganda against the Russians like the Germans did with the Jews. Although we did have reason to alarm the people it seems that we did breed a bit too much fear in the average person about the threat of the USSR. The Cold War with the Russians fostered a fear that has stayed with this country's psyche and is now directed in other ways and toward other nations. This Cold War really developed a

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