The McCarthy Period :: Joseph McCarthy McCarthyism Communism

The McCarthy PeriodAs a result of the inflammation Scare from the Cold War in the midst of the USA andthe Soviet Union, Americans were concerned that Communists were threatening theircountry from within. Senator Joseph McCarthy, operating under the House Un-AmericanActivities Committee, say his search towards Hollywood and the intellectualcommunity.McCarthys committee called many members of the film and planetary house communityto testifiy about Communist activities, and to name any individuals who were believed tohave been compound with Communist groups. Many artists and intellectuals had beeninvolved with leftist ideas and causes, including Arthur Miller himself. Miller was heldon trial for his previous support of left-wing causes and was found guilty for disdain ofCongress. This was reversed two years later when an appeal proved he wasnt adequatelyinformed about the risks surrounding the charges of contempt.Miller states that he was actuate in some great part by the paraly sis that had bunch in among many liberals who, despite their discomfort with the inquisitions violations ofcivil rights, were fearful, and with good reason, of world identified as covert Communistsif they should protect too strongly (Bender, 21). He goes on to say that he feels the playstill holds some relevancy today in that its paranoid center is still pumping out the kindreddarkly attractive warning that it did in the fifties (Bender, 21). Miller felt up that _TheCrucible_ works on the basis that where evidence is only circumstantial, the dividingline between delusion and reality is difficult to draw (Welland, 55).During the McCarthy trials, many people were named and called forward courts