The Conflicts Between The United States And The Soviet Union

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into one's country and try to change everything around, is not justified at all.
Americans fear of communism during the 1950’s was justified in a way, but not very fairly in some cases. Since the fear was growing, a Red Scare swept the country. Congress had then taken matters into their own hands by setting up panels to investigate suspected communists. The hearings that were settled had put well-known writers jailed, or careers ruined.
Joseph McCarthy led the Senate Committee, putting charged Communist conspiracists before the committee to defend themselves. He would do this and never proved a single case showing the accusations charged.
These accusations seem very wrong. What congress was doing was not exactly fair. Not being able to prove the communists' actions, and being jailed, does not exactly seem appropriate.
There are various reasons to explain why the Cold War affected politics in Western European countries. It affected some countries in a good way. For example ...

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