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McCarthyism: I was taught the narrative that it was just a witch hunt that ruined innocent people's lives.Recently I've been hearing that there were genuine moles in the state department that gave advice leading to the fall of China to communism and the Korean War.How much of each narrative is true?

by /u/J03MAN_ in /r/AskHistorians

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