McCarthy never sent a single “subversive” to jail, but, decades later, the spirit of his conspiracy-mongering endures.

Online exhibit via the Miller Center at the University of Virginia full of primary sources, multimedia, and background information on McCarthyism and the Red Scare.

The second Red Scare refers to the fear of communism that permeated American politics, culture, and society from the late 1940s through the 1950s, during the opening phases of the Cold War with the Soviet Union.

Science fiction great put under surveillance by the FBI for 'spreading distrust and lack of confidence in America'.