The Early Cold War (1947-1959)
What is the Cold War? Soviet Expansion versus American Containment. Or a competition between communist and capitalist systems. Add in a lot of tension, two wars and a ton of espionage and there you have it.
Containment
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
NATO and Warsaw Pact: Cold War Alliances
A Crisis in Berlin: The Berlin Blockade
Concerns of a Nuclear Age
The Second Red Scare
MR. STANDER: I know of some subversion, and I can help the Committee if it is really interested.
MR. VELDE: Mr. Stander-
MR. STANDER: I know of a group of fanatics who are desperately trying to undermine the Constitution of the United States by depriving artists and others of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness without due process of law. If you are interested in that, I would like to tell you about it. I can tell names, and I can cite instances, and I am one of the first victims of it, and if you are interested in that – and also a group of ex-Bundists, America Firsters, and anti-Semites, people who hate everybody, including Negroes, minority groups, and most likely themselves-
MR. VELDE: Now, Mr. Stander, let me-
MR. STANDER: And these people are engaged in the conspiracy, outside all the legal processes, to undermine our very fundamental American concepts upon which our entire system of jurisprudence exists-
MR. VELDE: Now, Mr. Stander-
MR. STANDER: -and also who-
MR. VELDE: Let me tell you this: You are a witness before this Committee-
MR. STANDER: Well, if you are interested-
MR. VELDE: -a Committee of the Congress of the United States-
MR. STANDER: -I am willing to tell you-
MR. VELDE: -and you are in the same position as any other witness before this Committee-
MR. STANDER: -I am willing to tell you about these activities-
MR. VELDE: -regardless of your standing in the motion-picture industry-
MR STANDER: -which I think are subversive.
-Actor Lionel Stander before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, May 6, 1953
MR. VELDE: Mr. Stander-
MR. STANDER: I know of a group of fanatics who are desperately trying to undermine the Constitution of the United States by depriving artists and others of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness without due process of law. If you are interested in that, I would like to tell you about it. I can tell names, and I can cite instances, and I am one of the first victims of it, and if you are interested in that – and also a group of ex-Bundists, America Firsters, and anti-Semites, people who hate everybody, including Negroes, minority groups, and most likely themselves-
MR. VELDE: Now, Mr. Stander, let me-
MR. STANDER: And these people are engaged in the conspiracy, outside all the legal processes, to undermine our very fundamental American concepts upon which our entire system of jurisprudence exists-
MR. VELDE: Now, Mr. Stander-
MR. STANDER: -and also who-
MR. VELDE: Let me tell you this: You are a witness before this Committee-
MR. STANDER: Well, if you are interested-
MR. VELDE: -a Committee of the Congress of the United States-
MR. STANDER: -I am willing to tell you-
MR. VELDE: -and you are in the same position as any other witness before this Committee-
MR. STANDER: -I am willing to tell you about these activities-
MR. VELDE: -regardless of your standing in the motion-picture industry-
MR STANDER: -which I think are subversive.
-Actor Lionel Stander before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, May 6, 1953
The Space Race
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