Following World War II, the Cold War immediately dominated the attention of Americans and our leaders in Washington. But in fighting off communism, several sympathizers were discovered working within the ranks of our own government. Wisconsin Sen. Joe McCarthy was at the center of this political storm. But how did the ‘Red Scare” originate? How did McCarthy become the most prominent name associate with the effort to expose and remove communists from high-ranking positions? And were there really a lot of communists working in the government or was McCarthy really leading a witch hunt? Those are the some of the questions we tackle as we visit with M. Stanton Evans, author of “Blacklisted By History.”
