The United States of America
Cold War Perspectives on America, By Americans
The Mossadegh Project | December 21, 2018
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An insightful collection of U.S. media from the mid 20th century, spanning topics like the Cold War, racism, McCarthyism, corruption, voting, foreign policy, socialism, capitalism, Christianity, patriotism, and much more.
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Newspaper Editorials
Every Qualified Citizen Should Exercise His Right To Cast a Vote | July 26, 1946Voters This Year Will Choose Between Liberty and Socialism | Feb. 12, 1950
How Freedom Slips | June 15, 1951
Need of Leadership | August 3, 1951
Evenly Matched | October 1, 1951
Public Confidence | October 26, 1951
Oppression, Inc. | November 12, 1951
Put Up or Shut Up | December 14, 1951
A Challenge That Must Be Faced | January 1, 1952
That One Vote Could Mean Much This Year | May 23, 1952
An Object Lesson For All Americans | June 20, 1952
A Right And A Duty | July 26, 1952
Open Season On Squawk Birds | August 8, 1952
Don’t Let ‘George’ Do It | November 3, 1952
Don’t Fail To Vote | November 4, 1952
Make Popular Vote Effective | November 5, 1952
Emotions Ride Election Tide | November 7, 1952
Bossism | August 1, 1952
No Time For Comedy | September 10, 1952
Why Don’t They Vote? | October 21, 1952
The Matter of World Power | August 22, 1953
This ‘Aid’ Business | August 28, 1953
Some Favor Keeping Our Money at Home | September 1, 1953
The March on Washington | August 30, 1963
Syndicated Columns
November 7, 1949 | Sen. Margaret Chase Smith on the Importance of VotingFebruary 11, 1951 | The Wrath of God
March 4, 1951 | Perpetually In Favor of War
March 18, 1951 | The Savior With the Sword
June 23, 1951 | The Prayer of the Ancient Lapp
July 3, 1951 | The Crisis Technique
October 20, 1951 | The Tyranny of Words
Other Opinion (non-syndicated)
Our Dictator: Dorothy Thompson on Fascism in America | Feb.-March 1937The Negro Press Should Do Its Utmost to Destroy Racial Evils in America | March 31, 1951
Sampascoopies by Charles G. Sampas | August 4, 1952
The Unpardonable Sin | January 1954
Letters To the Editor
Sees ‘Suppression’ | May 17, 1951Americans Inconsistent | May 20, 1951
Use the Vote | June 7, 1951
American Way Good, Let’s Keep It Forever | October 5, 1951
Wants Referendum On U.N. | October 27, 1951
Candidates Tied To Henchmen | November 2, 1951
Sees State Going Democratic | November 2, 1951
Honest Men Preferred | November 2, 1951
Queries on Cold War | November 19, 1951
Some Resolutions | January 6, 1952
Charges Colonialism is Totalitarian | May 1, 1952
Congress Is Over the President | May 29, 1952
Agree With Justice Douglas | June 20, 1952
Not People’s Choice | July 29, 1952
An Appeal To Vote | August 2, 1952
‘Enslavement of U.S. Youth’ Puzzling to Reader | August 20, 1952
Will History Repeat? | September 2, 1952
A Citizen’s Duty | September 2, 1952
Cynical Review of Questions | May 3, 1953
Says Democracy Goes A-Begging | May 3, 1953
Taxpayer Does Not Get Money’s Worth? | June 14, 1953
Name Calling | August 10, 1953
The Matter of World Power | August 22, 1953
Waiting To Gloat? | October 9, 1953
Socialist Gloating Will Neither Prevent Nor Cure A Depression | Oct. 14, 1953
Sees Socialism As Ready To Save Nation | October 18, 1953
The Socialists’ False Premise | October 18, 1953
Hopes We See Light Before It’s Too Late | September 1, 1973
War For Oil: An American Fixture (Feb. 1975 letters)

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