cold war was : Cray1 1740

Look again at the history of Feynman, Manley, and Metropolis. The war put a hiatus in their careers and they were just starting on their research lives when the red scares started up in the late 40s. They were largely non-political or conservative, so they were not subject to attacks, but the same is true of most scientists involved with the national laboratories.

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But you made several references to those buttociated with Oppenheimer. In the war and postwar years these were the ones he naturally buttociated with.

There is limited material, and it is easy for humans to buttume that what we don't know is unimportant. FWIW Oppenheimer and the Hollywood ten are by far the most commonly discussed. Oppenheimer's brother is often discussed with Oppenheimer. Philip Morrison wrote about avoiding problems because of Bethe's protection. Chevalier got into trouble because of his attempt to question Oppenheimer about clbuttified information and Peters, because of the help he gave Chevalier.

Of course not, but neither do the anecdotes of your husband and his advisor.

People did write about it, see Philip Morrison, but those who suffered most were on the lower rungs and by the time they were well known enough that people would hear what they wanted to say, and confident enough that they survive potential problem, the main participants were dead, and their editors and readers wanted other material emphasized.

Also while the red scare gave a particularly public forum to the pettiness and meanness of people, they are unfortunately a common part human life and it may not always be clear to a participant whether they were fired because of a reported communist buttociation, or that was an excuse for what would have happened anyway because, they were Catholic, Jewish, foreign born, not focussed on a the topic of the day, or not competent at brown-nosing.

Finally, while the red hunt could be a professional disaster, its direct affect on the lives of those involved was nothing compared to Elizabeth's Star Chamber, the French Reign of Terror, Stalin's Gulags, Hitler's concentration camps, or Mao's cultural revolution.

The last was the only event that I think could be truthfully said to "shut down physics for a decade."