Joe’s Victims Although Joseph McCarthy was not the only factor that played into the Red Scare in the 1950’s, he was the driving force behind the mass hysteria that gripped our nation as it faced its darkest days following the war. The anti-communist movement was already planted into American culture by the time that McCarthy came to prominence which is evident by the loyalty programs and security measures that were taken by our government …showed first 75 words of 1200 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1200 total…to Communism in their younger years. He did all of this in a pursuit to enhance his own image, to gain national prominence, and even to leave a legacy as the greatest Communist headhunter in our contemporary government. For awhile his image was enhanced and he gained notoriety but in the end he would be uncovered as a fraud and a liar who ruined other people’s lives in an attempt to enhance his own.