I had an admitted Communist prof at the U of Illinois back in the 50's. So...a loooong time ago.
America lost the “Cold War” way before the phrase was coined. The (former) USSR actually won but they lost their country in the long run as America is also headed to that same dustbin of history the way we are going. The Founders knew most people are commonly idiotic and gave America a Republic if we want it but we are flushing that down the toilet.