Red Scares

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"Comparison of the Red Scares of the 1920s and 1950s
This research compares the Red Scares of the 1920s and 1950s in the United States. In point of fact, it is incorrect to assume that the Red Scares of the 1920s and 1950s were two separate events in American history. Fear of communism has been pervasive in the United States since the success of the Russian Revolution in 1917 (Cook, 1971). This fear continues in the United States even in 1991, subsequent to the effective collapse of communism as a viable political ideology, and the certain loss of credibility of Soviet-style communism as a viable economic system.


The Red Scares of the 1920s and the 1950s were, in fact, two points on the continuum of anti-radical activity in the United States. To be sure, the Red Scares of the 1920s and the 1950s..."

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