Rusophobia and "red threat" in the USA

The study of Russophobia in the United States is a relevant and promising direction of modern historical science, which has not only academic, but also practical and political importance. Analysis of the history of the birth of this phenomenon, its development, its transformation processes will help to more fully understand its impact on American politics and society both in different historical periods and in the present. Special attention will be paid to the connection of this phenomenon with the foreign policy of the United States, when after the Revolution of 1917, as well as with the outbreak of the Cold War, anti-Russian sentiments in the government and society became an integral part of the official policy. Also noteworthy are the mechanisms for planting similar views in the United States that have gone from the speeches of politicians and ideologues to specific programs and events of the US special services (in particular, the FBI and its director Edgar Hoover). In the world and national historiography, the topic of Russophobia in the United States was studied only in the context of a common confrontation between the two countries in different periods, or as a part of imagological studies of Russian-American relations, never receiving close attention of researchers.