he wholesome suburban nuclear family of this era.Another elephantine aspect of the culture of this time, according to Whitfield, was religion. Probably the most noticeably different between us and the communists is their belief that there is to be no belief. Fervent Marxian followers do not believe in organized religion and this is definitely one of the main causes for the hatred emanating from all the good, God fearing people of this country like the Rev. Billy Grahm who was quite astutely against the godless reds. As the huge influx on the emphasis of the family took America by storm so did a revival of religion. Whitfield cites as the reason for this is that besides the conflict of the war drastically altering ones views, the nation was going through such a time of prosperity that many felt they needed to thank someone for it. Whitfield feels that religion has always been almost virtually synonymous with American nationalism. The general feeling among the American people of this time was where did those red savages get the audacity to not be thankful of what they have. After the war many became almost zealots and were ready to sacrifice for their convictions. Whitfield asserts that religion truly added heat to an already burning tension during this cold war.So how do you catch such an elusive target as a communist? This question does arise and one of the main weapons used to answer it according to Whitfield is informants. The aversion ran deep within the justice department against communists and sympathizers. The consequences of being even fingered were always severe so many figured to get better treatment they could snitch. Another new aspect of our culture, according to Whitfield, is how up until this time it was wrong to be seen as a rat, but now the government and society in general made it seem as it was your patriotic American duty to go turncoat to stop the communists. Witnesses were usually involved in the past with the escap...
