Paper Abstract
8 pages in length. Historians have advanced two broad theories about the role of anti-Communism in American foreign policy after 1945. In the first, anti-Communism is a consistent theme throughout, one that drove virtually every foreign policy decision and action and had a huge impact on domestic life in the United States after the Second World War. In the second, anti-Communism policy and rhetoric comes and goes, sometimes driving policy and social life, sometimes serving as the rational for foreign policy decisions based on other concerns, and sometimes not being a factor at all as other issues took precedence. The writer discusses anti-Communism and American foreign policy between 1945 and 1970. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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