Peter Kuznick

So the Cold War comes out of economics, too. It's very much so. The labor movement was huge in the United States in the 30s. The formation of the CIO, the organizing of steel, auto. I mean, all of the big industries were organizing. And who were the leaders of the organizing? The communists.

So the Cold War comes out of economics, too. It's very much so. The labor movement was huge in the United States in the 30s. The formation of the CIO, the organizing of steel, auto. I mean, all of the big industries were organizing. And who were the leaders of the organizing? The communists.

You know, there was a reason why they had to shut down the Communist Party during the quote-unquote McCarthy period. And McCarthy's a latecomer to McCarthyism. But it starts in 1947. And Truman, according to Clark Clifford, his main domestic policy advisor, they said Truman knew that this was baloney, all this stuff about communist infiltration. But the Republicans started to attack in 1946.

You know, there was a reason why they had to shut down the Communist Party during the quote-unquote McCarthy period. And McCarthy's a latecomer to McCarthyism. But it starts in 1947. And Truman, according to Clark Clifford, his main domestic policy advisor, they said Truman knew that this was baloney, all this stuff about communist infiltration. But the Republicans started to attack in 1946.

You know, there was a reason why they had to shut down the Communist Party during the quote-unquote McCarthy period. And McCarthy's a latecomer to McCarthyism. But it starts in 1947. And Truman, according to Clark Clifford, his main domestic policy advisor, they said Truman knew that this was baloney, all this stuff about communist infiltration. But the Republicans started to attack in 1946.

The chair of the Republican party in 46 says the choice between republicanism and communism. And so we're beginning this anti-communist hysteria very, very early after the war. And then Truman takes the bait and has the loyalty hearings which leads gradually into McCarthyism.

The chair of the Republican party in 46 says the choice between republicanism and communism. And so we're beginning this anti-communist hysteria very, very early after the war. And then Truman takes the bait and has the loyalty hearings which leads gradually into McCarthyism.

The chair of the Republican party in 46 says the choice between republicanism and communism. And so we're beginning this anti-communist hysteria very, very early after the war. And then Truman takes the bait and has the loyalty hearings which leads gradually into McCarthyism.

So first in 47, first they say that the real threat is the atomic scientists, but they quickly decide that the one they're going to investigate first is Hollywood, right? So then they have the Hollywood 10 and then all those other hearings that were taking place because they were very concerned even then about people who might influence American thinking. And Hollywood was a hotbed of leftists.

So first in 47, first they say that the real threat is the atomic scientists, but they quickly decide that the one they're going to investigate first is Hollywood, right? So then they have the Hollywood 10 and then all those other hearings that were taking place because they were very concerned even then about people who might influence American thinking. And Hollywood was a hotbed of leftists.

So first in 47, first they say that the real threat is the atomic scientists, but they quickly decide that the one they're going to investigate first is Hollywood, right? So then they have the Hollywood 10 and then all those other hearings that were taking place because they were very concerned even then about people who might influence American thinking. And Hollywood was a hotbed of leftists.

He says, from two weeks after the time I was appointed to head the Manhattan Project, I treated it as if the Soviets were the enemy. The project was directed in that way.

He says, from two weeks after the time I was appointed to head the Manhattan Project, I treated it as if the Soviets were the enemy. The project was directed in that way.

He says, from two weeks after the time I was appointed to head the Manhattan Project, I treated it as if the Soviets were the enemy. The project was directed in that way.

That's the most warm and fuzzy Leslie Groves you're ever going to see.

That's the most warm and fuzzy Leslie Groves you're ever going to see.

That's the most warm and fuzzy Leslie Groves you're ever going to see.

Yeah, but he said that when he testified, he said, we didn't know beans about the military situation. We didn't know that Japan could have been made to surrender without using the bomb. You know, so Oppenheimer later effectively apologized for supporting the use of the bomb.

Yeah, but he said that when he testified, he said, we didn't know beans about the military situation. We didn't know that Japan could have been made to surrender without using the bomb. You know, so Oppenheimer later effectively apologized for supporting the use of the bomb.

Yeah, but he said that when he testified, he said, we didn't know beans about the military situation. We didn't know that Japan could have been made to surrender without using the bomb. You know, so Oppenheimer later effectively apologized for supporting the use of the bomb.