The era in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s where a fear of communism was to grasp the United States. Stirred up by the tensions between the Soviet Union and the US following the Berlin blockade and the declaration of the cold war through the Truman doctrine. Senator Joeseph Mcarthy was the figurehead behind theContinue reading “Homophobia and Anti-communism in tandem- The inversion of reaction”
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Cultures Of Secrecy In Relation To The National Security State – Then and Now
An outcome of the US government’s success in the Second World War was a surge in national pride and trust in the central government. The trust gained by the government was used as a smokescreen to hide the increasingly imperialistic intentions of the American State(Dean). The national security state refers to the justification of excessiveContinue reading “Cultures Of Secrecy In Relation To The National Security State – Then and Now”
Will Wright 