Original sentence: Some historians who use the term view the period of intense anti-communism in the history of the United States (and often called the "Cold War") chiefly in term of persecution and violations of civil rights, taking the point of view that there was nothing wrong with communism and that its opponents were "scaring" people over nothing
Edited sentence: Some historians who use the term view the period of intense anti-communism in the history of the United States chiefly in term of persecution and violations of civil rights, taking the point of view that there was nothing wrong with communism and that its opponents were "scaring" people over nothing