The Sinews of War
McCarthyism Crosses the Atlantic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20596846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Gerth (0000-0001-7154-7992, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 90-108 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Politics & History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9522 • E-ISSN: 1467-8497 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajph.12726 |
| OpenAlex | W3134100425 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
At the height of the US Red Scare, Joseph McCarthy directed his attacks towards the United Kingdom. Tapping into deep‐seated Anglophobia in the American collective psyche, McCarthy infused it with his own brand of anti‐communism. He declared a personal war on the United Kingdom seeking to disrupt Anglo‐American relations. McCarthy's “paranoid style” and anti‐British sentiment manifested from a longer tradition of Midwestern resentment. Although the British government regarded his efforts as a significant threat to the “special relationship”, it refused to directly denounce or engage with the Wisconsin senator. This paper examines this little‐known episode of the McCarthy era
Communism · Economic history · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Politics · Psyche · Psychoanalysis · Resentment · Spanish Civil War · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · History · Law · Modern American Literature Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |