| Description |
xii, 308 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm |
| Series |
The Bedford series in history and culture |
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Bedford series in history and culture.
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| Contents |
The age of McCarthyism. The American Communist Party ; The growth of the anti-Communist network ; Communism and national security : the menace emerges ; The state steps in : setting the anti-Communist agenda ; Communists in government and the big spy cases ; Atomic espionage ; The Loyalty-Security Program ; The assault on the Communist Party ; The destruction of the Communist fronts and unions ; Congressional committees and unfriendly witnesses ; Red-baiting and careerism : Joseph McCarthy at work ; Congressional investigations and the "loss" of China ; Anticommunism at the state and local levels ; Blacklists and other economic sanctions ; Liberals and the struggle against McCarthyism ; The legacy of McCarthyism -- The documents. The world of American communism : party members talk about their experiences -- From the Communist Party's perspective : William Z. Foster looks at the world in 1947 -- The communist menace : an American Legion view -- To quarantine communism : J. Edgar Hoover speaks to the American people -- Communist spies in the State Department : the emergence of the Hiss case -- Atomic espionage and the Rosenberg case -- The Truman administration deals with the Communist menace : the 1947 Loyalty-Security Program -- A political test for employment : the Loyalty-Security Program in operation -- Guilt by designation : the Attorney General's list -- Communism in court : excerpts from the 1949 Smith Act Trial of the Communist Party's eleven top leaders -- Outlawing the Communist Party : the Supreme Court upholds the Smith Act -- A liberal opposes anti-Communist legislation : Truman vetoes the Internal Security Act of 1950 -- Purging the labor movement : the CIO expels its left-wing unions -- The dilemma of an unfriendly witness : Lillian Hellman takes the Fifth Amendment -- "Are you now-- ?" : HUAC investigates Hollywood -- "I have in my hand-- " : Senator Joseph McCarthy charges that there are Communists in the State Department -- The Hollywood blacklist begins : studio heads fire the Hollywood Ten -- The blacklisters' Bible : Red Channels -- The blacklist in operation : testimony from the John Henry Faulk Trial -- Unfriendly witnesses and their lawyers : the HUAC testimony of Robert Treuhaft -- Heresy and conspiracy : a Cold War liberal view of the Communist threat -- A liberal deplores the witch-hunt : Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas on "The Black Silence of Fear" -- Appendixes. Glossary ; A McCarthyism chronology (1917-1976) ; Interpreting McCarthyism : a bibliographical essay |
| Summary |
This second edition of this text combines an account of the history of McCarthyism from its origins in the 1930s through its escalation in the 1940s to its decline in the 1950s with documents tracing the course of anti-Communist furore in the US |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Boston, Mass. : Bedford Books, 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-262) and index |
| Subject |
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.
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Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History.
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Internal security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Communism -- United States -- History.
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Subversive activities -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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History.
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| LC no. |
2009293743 |
| ISBN |
0312393199 paperback |
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0312294255 cased |
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