The Influence Of The Red Scare

As the war between the Soviet Union and America continued throughout the 1940’s and early 1950’s, panic over the alleged threat of communism began to take over America and later became known as the Red Scare, since the Soviet Union was known as the reds for their allegiance to the Soviet flag. The Red Scare would have brought about a chain of events that would significantly influence the US government and society. Three major events in 1948 and 1949 brought the American fear of Communism to a fever pitch. To start with, the USSR, which controlled East Germany, attempted to drive U.S., English, and French forces out of West Berlin by removing all outside access to the city. The US responded to the blockade with the Berlin air force over the winter of 1948–1949, dropping important supplies into West Berlin until the Soviet Union yielded. At that point, in August 1949, the USSR effectively tested its first nuclear bomb. Finally, in
That started a war between Communist led Viet Minh regime in Hanoi and French backed regime in Saigon. The US provided the French army with military and financial assistance under President Harry S. Truman’s orders. The reasoning behind it was a communist victory in Indochina would result in communism spreading throughout in Europe and the Middle East more quickly.
In early 1950, US foreign policy had completely embraced the concept that the fall of Indochina to communism would result in the collapse of surrounding nations in Southeast Asia. In 1952 the National Security Council included the domino theory in its report on Indochina during the battle between Viet Minh and the French forces at Diem Bien Phu. Eisenhower anticipated as the "falling domino" principle. He viewed the loss of Vietnam to the communists would lead to communist victories in surrounding South east Asian countries, even as far as Australia and New