Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in AmericaThe 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. |
Contents
We Were Sitting Ducks The World | 3 |
RedBaiters Inc The Development of | 42 |
In the Interest of National Security | 86 |
They Are Everywhere The Communist | 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 |
How Red Is a Valley Clinton Jencks and His Union | 309 |
A Good Deal of Trauma The Impact of McCarthyism | 359 |
Acknowledgments | 417 |
Abbreviations | 419 |
Sources | 421 |
Notes | 431 |
vii | 453 |
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A Badge of Infamy Anticommunist Economic Sanctions and Political Dismissals | 266 |
INTERCONNECTIONS | 307 |
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