It is the 'or elsewhere' that you keep adding that I object to. The Crucible was not at all about the dominoes falling elsewhere. It was a defense of the communist inflitration of our government. It was not about whether communists existed 'elsewhere' it was whether they existed in our government. And to that extent, the Eastern block becoming communist is irrelevent.
Please write to Mr. Steyn and tell him he got his own column and idea dead wrong. Or he got that one small part of his column wwrong. Whatever. Leave me alone. You win! Let me know when you get your thoughtful and flawless insights in a syndicated column that we may all enjoy your immense brillance and intellect.
Miller himself was a former member of the CPUSA.
As late as 1949 he was defending Stalin.
After 1950 he simply switched from being a communist to being a anti-anti-communist.