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050 1 4 _aHX 83
_bS377m 1998
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100 1 _aSchrecker, Ellen.
245 1 0 _aMany are the crimes :
_bMcCarthyism in America /
_cEllen Schrecker.
260 _aPrinceton, N.J. :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c1998.
300 _a573 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aOriginally published: New York: Little, Brown, 1998.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a
_gpt. 1.
_tAntecedents -- ch. 1.
_t"We were sitting ducks": the world of American communism --
_gch. 2.
_t"Red-baiters, Inc.": the development of an anticommunist network --
_gch. 3.
_t"In the interest of national security": anticommunism and the Roosevelt administration --
_gpt. 2.
_tRepresentations --
_gch. 4.
_t"They are everywhere": the communist image --
_gch. 5.
_t"Great and total danger": the nature of the communist threat --
_gpt. 3.
_tInstruments --
_gch. 6.
_t"Job for professionals": the FBI and anticommunism --
_gch. 7.
_t"In the gutter": the anticommunism of Joe McCarthy --
_gch. 8.
_t"Badge of infamy": anticommunist economic sanctions and political dismissals --
_gpt. 4.
_tInterconnections --
_gch. 9.
_t"How red is a valley": Clinton Jencks and his union --
_gch. 10.
_t"Good deal of trauma": the impact of McCarthyism.
520 _aThe McCarthy era of anti-Communist crusades is regarded by many as one of the most widespread episodes of political repression in the history of the United States. This book tells the story of that era, from a post-Cold War perspective.
600 1 0 _aMcCarthy, Joseph,
_d1908-1957.
650 0 _aCommunism
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aAnti-communist movements
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aInternal security
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aSubversive activities
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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