Cold War Propaganda

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cold war. First congress began to use HUAC to stop films from having to much of a communist appeal to them (18) Furthermore, HUAC investigated people for being communist spies. Both Julius and Ethel Rosenburg and Alger Hiss, people accused of being communist spies suffered conviction. This caused the anti-Communist attitude in the United States to grow tremendously. Thus, the American government used a federal organization to further the publics� hatred of communism. Next an American Senator named Joseph R. McCarthy would lead a series of trials against communists in the United States.(19) Most of the people that McCarthy accused of being communist reached conviction. This happened despite the fact that many of the accused were not in fact communists.(20) The McCarthy trial increased anti-Communist hatred in the US and scared anyone out of committing to communist party for fear of their life. Therefore, the McCarthy trials acted as form of US propaganda, which gathered American ...

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broadcast an anti communist message even in Europe. Stations that we still know of, such as Voice of America, were known as spreaders of "`black` propaganda."

Soviets were not immune from propaganda. They did have radio as well, and they also had literature and films. However Soviet propaganda officials depended on showing off sheer military strength. By having huge military parades often, and playing military marches constantly, they were able to remind their nation that they had a very successful and modern army that would be willing and ready to crush any (American) threat. Radio broadcasts were also used heavily, with Stalin speaking strongly against Western interests and ...

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