The Congress for Cultural Freedom was America's principal attempt during the Cold War to win over the world's intellectuals to the liberal democratic cause. Established in Berlin by 100 refugees from Hitler and Stalin, it spread throughout the world, establishing magazines, publ…
Official Anti-Communism, 1919-39 -- Unofficial Anti-Communism, 1919-39 -- The Second "Red Scare," 1939-41 -- World War II -- Official Anti-Communism, 1945-48 -- Official Anti-Communism, 1949-57 -- Institutional Anti-Communism, 1945-57 -- Ex-Communist and Conservative Anti-Commun…
This is a well-researched, and frequently entertaining, account of the rise and fall of the House Committee on Un-American activities. Fried describes the growth of the kind of paranoid and xenophobic anti-communism which characterized the HUAC and traces its origins from the Ne…
Seeks to provide a rounded history of the rise and fall of McCarthyism. Traces the path os anti-Communist extremism across four decades to today and shows the impact on politics and culture.
Drawing upon a rich selection of documents, this text provides a detailed account of McCarthyism and the American Red Scare, a period which spanned from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s. It discusses the turbulent years during which Americans were routinely persecuted because the…
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 - libe…
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 - libe…
