True. By that time reconstruction was going really well
they thought if one country in an area fell to communism the countries surrounding the country would also fall to communism which lead to the red scare.
They were quite successful in protecting those inside.
Hope this helps:)
As European states extended their influence over seas, AGU political argument for imperialism gained prominence. Even if colonies were not economically beneficial, imperialist held that it was crucial for a political and military reasons to maintain them. Some overseas colonies occupied strategic sites on the worlds see lanes, and others offered harbors and supply stations for commercial and naval ships dock. Add the kids for imperialism sought to gain these advantages for their own states in equally important to deny them to rivals.
I think that the King george knew that a bigger war was about to happen so he was in fear.