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This 1 page essay explores how propaganda was used in the fifties. The knowledge and intent of propaganda by the U.S. is the focus of the paper.
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paper properly! During the 1950s, branches of the United States government seemingly, and knowingly, engaged in the
proliferation of propaganda concerning atomic policy. It is in fact well known that the McCarthy era was brutally one-sided, and communist sympathizers were blacklisted, for example. It is
perhaps one of the most stringent times in U.S. history in respect to public thought. Yet, the real reasons why propaganda was used are rather obvious. The nuclear threat to
the United States and the world was significant. People built bomb shelters and for quite some time, schools held air raid drills. It was no joke. Thus, it was important
for the United States government to gain control of the populous and make sure that patriotism was a significant part of American life. In case war would break out, the
people had to be of one mind. Although in general, propaganda is seemingly wrong as by definition it is coercive, it was necessary then. At the same time, the propaganda
proliferated relied on fear and questionable facts in order to gain the sympathies of the people. In retrospect, the propaganda which was fed to the people during those days had
a profound psychological impact. But hindsight is always twenty twenty. One must look back at history in order to grasp why there was terror and perhaps understand why the propaganda
was initiated in the first place. In looking back at the fifties, a student writing on this subject may want to point out that things are very different now.
It may be hard to imagine the fear of communism--something that has since became much less threatening--and fear of nuclear attack. While nuclear war is still not ruled out as
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