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Chemicals In the Water: Homophobia in Cold War-era American Politics

In McCarthy’s era of politics, America was being united against a domestic foreign enemy; the fear of Communists and especially the idea of a neighbor working for the Russians. However, there’s one other domestic issue that was being tackled, the fear of homosexuality began to spread among the people in a fashion commonly referred toContinue reading “Chemicals In the Water: Homophobia in Cold War-era American Politics”

‘There is no Atomic Research in Ba Sing Se’: The Creation of the National Security State

The culture of secrecy created by America leading up to and during the Cold War developed from a perceived need to conceal as much as possible. With tensions high between America and Russia, the administration in charge deemed it necessary to try to protect American intelligence from the Russians, while simultaneously trying to gain RussianContinue reading “‘There is no Atomic Research in Ba Sing Se’: The Creation of the National Security State”