At the height of the Cold War, Canada joined its ... family became a target for Quebecs Red Squads. "When I saw five strapping provincial police enter my home, I experienced an instinctive moment ...

In the anxious years after World War II ended in 1945, nuclear power reshuffled the global order, and fear of communist intrigue in the United States ignited a Red Scare that targeted government ...

RISEN: The Red Scare ended partly because the world moved on. Communism was clearly not a threat to the United States. People came to realize that. Also, the Cold War simmered down. But I think ...

But the Red Scare's roots extended deep into the preceding years, almost to the day America entered World War I. World War I began in Europe in 1914, and from the start, President Woodrow Wilson ...

Clay Risen discusses his new book "Red Scare." The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was passed amid anti-communist fears during the early Cold War. That period of history is the focus of ...