McCarthy - Enemies from Within

In his introduction, McCarthy…

• discusses how the world is in a state of war split between communists and non-communists.

• compares the fight against communism to Abraham Lincoln’s fight against slavery.

• discusses the history of the Cold War and America’s strategy for the war.

• celebrates the present state of peace after America’s victory in World War II.

For the current state of the Cold War McCarthy blames...

• Soviet spies who invaded the U.S. after World War II.

• marginalized people who betrayed the U.S. out of spite

• privileged people who have committed traitorous acts

• the State Department for allowing outside enemies into the county.

McCarthy suggests that communism in America...

• will be stopped when the American people remember their morals.

• can never be stopped because America already has too many communists.

• will cause a religious change more than a political or economic one.

• can only be stopped through negotiations with the communists.