Explaining History

US anti communism and the Republican Party 1945-50 (Part One)


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This is the first of a series of podcasts on the development of anti communism in the 1940s in the USA and the role that the Republican Party played. By 1945 a fear of communism and also the suspicion that the Democrats had been too easy on communists led to the development of deep changes in the public perception of communism and fears that communists might be operating in the USA.

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Explaining HistoryBy Nick Shepley

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