How right was Joseph McCarthy? Was there a significant Communist influence in government and in many major American aspects of life like Hollywood?
Did he ever actually catch any Communists legitly?
He was ahead of his time.
>>3246275
Completely. Soviet spies admitted he was right after the cold war
>>3246275
Not necessarily Hollywood, but there were definitely communist spies infiltrating America. Alger Hiss, for instance, was a communist spy who acted as an advisor for an unknowing Truman/FDR.
>>3246275
There were some communist agents, but the vast majority of people he targeted weren't spies.