Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman | Historical Context
McCarthyism and the Cold War
In the two decades before the writing of ‘‘‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman,’’ a series of events occurred in the United States that marked the culture for years to come. In 1945, the Second World War ended. The Potsdam Conference effectively divided up Eastern Europe into spheres of influence. Consequently, the Soviet Union gained control over large sections of the area and quickly closed down access and communication to and from those countries. Winston Churchill in a famous speech referred to this part of the globe as the...
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