the Russians. The proof that we werent going to fight as such ultra conservatives like Dulles and Nixon promised was when we didnt back up uprising East Berlin workers in 1953, or either of the uprisings of 1956 by the Hungarians and the Poles. Since we showed that rolling back communism wasnt probably going to occur, anti-communistic movements grew vastly in the States. Whitfeild states that many felt that though the Korean war ended in just a stalemate that maybe the war here could be a complete victory.Communism was such a horrible evil entity since it really was almost impossible to pin down, and anything at all that could be seen as remotely positive for it brought about swift and usually merciless persecution. Whitfeild feels that the American culture at this time because of these facts became politicized. Censorship and boycotting ran rampant through the streets of America condemning almost everything the least bit suspicious. This wasnt enough to keep our country safe from the read monster so FBI started compiling huge dossiers and files on those who took part in these supposed seditious acts like novelists. To purge this invisible beast and all its forms that were so vaguely defined was the House Un-American Committee. This committee was founded years ago but working overtime now to look for and act upon anything un-American. If you were not a hundred percent with this committee and its ideals you were against it and subject to all sorts of prosecution where you may not have done anything illegal, but your name would forever be ostracized as traitorous.Our country was putting political standards on our arts and entertainment, our expressionism. We were instituting various immoral political tests on loyal US citizens. Our government was completely violating one of if not the most important God given freedoms that this country was based on, the freedom of speech. And the sorriest part of all of this is that the people in general ...
