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Americans had a number of reasons to fear communism in the 1950s. First, the Soviets had demonstrated in 1949 that they had a nuclear capacity. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were fresh in Americans' minds, leading the US to fear the Soviets would launch a nuclear war with a mutually assured destruction that would destroy both countries.
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Do you mean month?
If it is... it's August
"larger" is the most accurate answer I can think of.