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Anti-Communist Politics Of The Second Red Scare And How It Affected Hollywood And The Types Of Movies Being Made, Maddy Everson
Anti-Communist Politics Of The Second Red Scare And How It Affected Hollywood And The Types Of Movies Being Made, Maddy Everson
Honors Program Theses
During the Second Red Scare from 1947 to 1957, anti-communist sentiment was rampant and affected Hollywood and the types of movies being made. This was due to governmental agencies—as well as non-governmental institutions and people—being suspicious of and investigating anyone who was suspected of having communist ties. This caused a level of fear that affected what was shown in the content of the movies and who could make them. It is important to examine how the movies and film industry was influenced by the Second Red Scare. This is because Hollywood was strongly affected not only at this time but …
Doris Kearns Goodwin Lecture At Uni October 2, 2013, University Of Northern Iowa.
Doris Kearns Goodwin Lecture At Uni October 2, 2013, University Of Northern Iowa.
Joy Cole Corning Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series
Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator. She has written biographies of several U.S. presidents, including Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream; The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga; Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; and The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995.
Creating Chaos: Us' Policies In The Democratic Republic Of Congo, Kelly Shell
Creating Chaos: Us' Policies In The Democratic Republic Of Congo, Kelly Shell
Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)
Since 1885, when the United States' government became the first to officially recognize King Leopold's claim to the Congo, the United States has continuously undermined the democratic attempts and economic prosperity of the Congolese population. Throughout the DRC's political history the United States has successfully used covert operations under the guise of the United Nations, clandestine CIA maneuvers, and/or the pretense of humanitarian relief to control American interests in the Great Lakes Region. Although other western nations have used their own means to advance their interests in the Congo, this paper will focus on the US' role in the Congo. …
Madeleine Albright Lecture At Uni March 28, 2001, University Of Northern Iowa.
Madeleine Albright Lecture At Uni March 28, 2001, University Of Northern Iowa.
Joy Cole Corning Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series
Madeleine Albright an American diplomat and political scientist served as the 64th University States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. She was the first woman to serve in the position.