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For nearly 50 years, the United States and Soviet Union waged a global war of ideas fueled by politics, intrigue, and nuclear weapons. But how did the polarized ideologies of these two global powers threaten the existence of the entire world?

This is Episode 1 of a six-part series on the Cold War. We\u2019ll discover how the United States\u2019 suspicion of communism not only led to a global stand-off, but threatened the freedom and democracy Americans so cherished at home.

For more information on the subjects and themes discussed in the episode, see the book \u201cGlobal Cold War,\u201d by Odd Arne Wested. It\u2019s an amazing dissection of the ideologies that dominated the Cold War. See also, \u201cMany Are the Crimes,\u201d by Ellen Schrecker, for an in-depth discussion of McCarthyism and the real world effects of the Red Scare.

For more info about Bentley Glass, the geneticist under investigation at the beginning of the article, see Audra Wolfe\u2019s article, The Organization Man and the Archive: A Look at the Bentley Glass Papers. Wolfe\u2019s book, \u201cCompeting with the Soviets,\u201d was also crucial to our understanding of the Cold War.

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