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Author Heale, M. J.

Title McCarthy's Americans : red scare politics in state and nation, 1935-1965 / M.J. Heale
Published Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 1998

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Description xvii, 370 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Pt. I. Red Scare Politics in the States. 1. The Politics of Exposure: Investigating Committees. 2. The Politics of Patriotism: Loyalty Oaths. 3. The Politics of Regulation: Communist-Control Laws -- Pt. II. Red Scare Politics in Michigan. 4. Class Conflict and Party Politics, 1933-1945. 5. The Republican Offensive, 1945-1950. 6. The Triumph of Liberalism? 1950-1954 -- Pt. III. Red Scare Politics in Massachusetts. 7. The Contours of Red Scare Politics, 1935-1945. 8. The Populist Assault, 1945-1952. 9. Red Scare and Resolution, 1953-1962 -- Pt. IV. Red Scare Politics in Georgia. 10. Defending the Old Order, 1935-1948. 11. Controlling Communist Subversion, 1948-1956. 12. The Red Scare as Last Hurrah, 1956-1966 -- Pt. V. Conclusion. 13. McCarthyism in State and Nation
Summary Was the communist witch hunt unleashed by Senator Joe McCarthy an aberration, or has red scare politics been an intrinsic part of American political life since the 1930s? Was McCarthyism a populist or an elitist phenomenon? Was Senator McCarthy virtually irrelevant to the phenomenon? M. J. Heale's deeply probing study of Joe McCarthy's "hinterland" in the American states demonstrates that what is usually called McCarthyism was part of a political cycle that emerged in the 1930s and took two decades to run its course. Defying the "consensus liberalism" of the 1950s, Joe McCarthy and, more importantly, the many little McCarthys in the states, kept alive a brand of right-wing politics, preparing the way for George Wallace in the 1960s and the revitalized conservatism of Richard Nixon in the 1970s and Ronald Reagan in the 1980s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-354) and index
Subject McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- States -- History -- 20th century.
Internal security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140464
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140467
Michigan -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084702
Massachusetts -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081938
Georgia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054227
LC no. 97041118
ISBN 0820320269 alkaline paper