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World War Two
Season 0, Episode 541
Episode Title: How the US Paranoia of Leftism was Born
Air Date: 2024-11-21
Overview:
Elizabeth Bentleyβs defection in 1945 didnβt just expose a Soviet spy networkβit fueled Americaβs second Red Scare and a wave of anti-communist paranoia. Her revelations about Soviet infiltration within the U.S. government became a catalyst for McCarthyism, reshaping American politics and society in an era defined by fear and suspicion.
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