This paper explains that the Cold War began as WWII was ending when, at Yalta in 1945, the principal allies, which included
the Soviet Union, England and the United States, were dividing up the spoils. The author points out that a profound result of the Cold War was seen in domestic politics in America, as the politics of
anticommunism rather than the politics of liberalism emerged to dominate American political life through the demagoguery of the junior U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, Joe McCarthy. The paper relates that the hippie
movement of the 1960s was a reaction and a protest against the Cold War, the nuclear build-up of the superpowers, and the "military establishment". Table of Contents Origins and Background Beginning and Issues Foreign and Domestic Policy Initiatives McCarthyism Civil Rights Movement Anti-War Movement