Joseph McCarthy was a U.S. senator in the mid twentieth century, whose great fear of the rising communist party in both the Soviet Union and in America was reflected by a great deal of the country. Almost instantly after the end of World War Two, the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union began to tear away at the thin bond formed by the two counties' alliance in the war. McCarthy and …showed first 75 words of 756 total…

…showed last 75 words of 756 total…in Africa and the constant turmoil in Bosnia to the civil rights movements in the United States. All of these occurrences, along with the McCarthy trials, are rooted in the fear of the unknown, the fear that what we do not understand will harm us. This fear has been a part of every society around the world for centuries and until we can take the time to understand, it will no doubt continue to happen.