Cold War and Red Scare | US history lecture

This is the week-10 lecture for my US History (1877-present) course. As such it covers the Cold War and Red Scare from the American perspective. ------------------------------------------------------------ Assigned primary-source readings: Harry S Truman, Speech to Congress on the Truman Doctrine, 12 March 1947, http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/25... Joseph McCarthy on Communism (1950), www.americanyawp.com/reader/25-the-cold-war/joseph-mccarthy-on-communism-1950/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Previous lecture on WWII:    • WWII: Everything Changes | US history lecture   ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for references, notes, responses, and errata ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Support the channel through PATREON:   / cynicalhistorian   or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cyni... LET'S CONNECT: Facebook:   / cynicalcypher88   Discord:   / discord   Twitter:   / cynical_history   Subreddit:   / cynicalhistory   0:00 Introduction 1:22 Origins 9:01 Beginning of Red Scare 13:42 Perception vs. reality 18:20 Korean War 24:25 McCarthyism 29:31 Nuclear Escalation 39:50 Cuban Missile Crisis 44:50 The last half