The Trojan Horse of America

"The Trojan Horse of America" is a book by Martin Dies, Jr., who chaired the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) from 1938 to 1945. The book's title references the ancient Greek stratagem from the Trojan War, where a large wooden horse was used to infiltrate the city of Troy.12

In his book, Dies claimed to have uncovered more communist subversives in America than the FBI. The HUAC, under Dies's leadership, investigated alleged communist infiltration in various sectors, including New Deal agencies and labor unions. This period, particularly the late 1940s and early 1950s, was marked by widespread fear of communism in the United States, leading to anticommunist investigations and blacklisting in industries like Hollywood. The term "Trojan horse" itself has come to mean something or someone intended to subvert from within through deception.1345