... American popular culture. For example this play became a masterpiece of American literature after the cold war anti-communist paranoia had deflated, and likely would have been embraced as a work of art at the time had the Cold War not had such a heavy influence on Americans. The Cold War's effect on American popular culture is also evident through analysis of the movie ... realistic Americans like Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, during the cold war Communism scare Americans felt more comfortable embracing idealistic things with the hopes of showing the world how perfect Americans we...

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