Word: communisms
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...post-World War II era had brought the fear of communism to a nationwide frenzy, and accusations tainted some of Harvard’s top professors...
...launched an offensive on the principles of academic freedom long cherished by students and faculty and illuminated a long-time dilemma at Harvard—what was the University’s proper role in the all-encompassing fight against communism...
...provided technological expertise in the Second World War just a decade previously, Harvard now offered its country ideological support for the battle against communism...
...number of Harvard faculty members attacked the so-called “anti-subversive bill” that had passed the State House in October. The bill, they claimed, restricted academic freedom while remaining largely inept at tackling the genuine dangers posed by communism...
...contrast to Harvard’s tremendous involvement in the Second World War, when the University was involved in vast confidential research projects, participation in the struggle against Communism was piecemeal and fairly small-scale...