Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America

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Princeton University Press, 29.08.1999 - 573 Seiten
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The McCarthy era was a bad time for freedom in America. Encompassing far more than the brief career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, it was the most widespread episode of political repression in the history of the United States. In the name of National Security, most Americans--liberal and conservative alike--supported the anti-Communist crusade that ruined so many careers, marriages, and even lives. Now Ellen Schrecker gives us the first complete post-Cold War account of McCarthyism. Many Are the Crimes is a frightening history of an era that still resonates with us today.

 

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In her preface to the paperback edition, Schrecker takes note of the recent publication of The Haunted Wood by Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev, a book that took advantage of KGB and FBI files ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

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The McCarthy era was a tragic chapter in American history. Schrecker's book is one of the best I've read on this period. She reminds us that hundreds, maybe thousands, of lives were shattered by ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

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Inhalt

We Were Sitting Ducks The World
3
RedBaiters Inc The Development of
42
In the Interest of National Security
86
REPRESENIAT0NS
119
A Great and Total Danger The Nature of
154
INSTRUMENTS
201
A Job for Professionals The FBI and Anticommunism
203
In the Gutter The Anticommunism of Joe McCarthy
240
INTER0NNECTIONS
307
How Red Is a Valley Clinton Jencks and His Union
309
A Good Deal of Trauma The Impact of McCarthyism
353
Acknowledgments
417
Abbreviations
419
Sources
421
Notes
431
Index
551

A Badge of Infamy Anticommunist Economic Sanctions and Political Dismissals
266
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Über den Autor (1999)

Ellen Schrecker is Professor of History at Yeshiva University. She has taught at Harvard and Princeton and has authored numerous books including the award-winning No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities and The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Documents. She currently edits Academe, the magazine of the American Association of University Professors.

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TitelMany Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America
Princeton paperbacks
Autor/inEllen Schrecker
Ausgabeillustriert, Neuauflage, überarbeitet
VerlagPrinceton University Press, 1999
ISBN0691048703, 9780691048703
Länge573 Seiten
  
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