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Red Scare or Red Menace? : American Communism and Anticommunism in the Cold War Era by John E. Haynes (1995, Hardcover)
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PublisherDee Publisher, Ivan R.
ISBN-101566630908
ISBN-139781566630900
eBay Product ID (ePID)557606
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Book TitleRed Scare or Red Menace? : American Communism and Anticommunism in the Cold War Era
Number of Pages223 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, General
Publication Year1995
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorJohn E. Haynes
Book SeriesAmerican Ways Ser.
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight14.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.7 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-040051
ReviewsA solid academic analysis of the American communist movement that draws on recently declassified Soviet documents., An antidote to the melioristic revisionism about the Communist Party, so prevalent in mainstream circles of American historiography.
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal335.43/0973
Table Of ContentPart 1 Preface vii Part 2 COMMUNISM AND ANTICOMMUNISM 3 Chapter 3 The Soviet experience. Origins of American communism. Red Scare. Heyday of the movement. Part 4 FASCISM AND WORLD WAR II 17 Chapter 5 Threat of fascism and fifth columns. Antifascist response in the United States. Roosevelt's foreign policy. The Nazi-Soviet pact. Part 6 THE ROAD TO THE COLD WAR 37 Chapter 7 Disillusion of the peace. Wartime promises--the case of Poland and domestic repercussions. Communist espionage: Amerasia, Gouzenko, the Rosenbergs. Part 8 THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES 64 Chapter 9 Early focus on fascism. Dies Committee. Postwar Hollywood hearings. Bentley revelations. Chambers and Hiss. Part 10 VARIETIES OF ANTICOMMUNISM 89 Chapter 11 Evangelical Christians. Catholics and ACTU. The Socialist attack. Trotskyism. Lovestone and labor. Part 12 THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICAN LIBERALISM 113 Chapter 13 Popular Front liberals. Niebuhr and Americans for Democratic Action. State politics. Murray and CIO drive against Communists. Part 14 PARTISANSHIP AND ANTICOMMUNISM 137 Chapter 15 Party politics in the anti-Communist era. Rise and fall of McCarthy. Part 16 ANTICOMMUNISM AT HIGH TIDE 163 Chapter 17 Federal offensive against American Communists. Personnel security programs. FBI activites. The literature of exposure. The uses of anticommunism. Part 18 THE END OF THE ANTI-COMMUNIST ERA 190 Chapter 19 Death of Stalin. Decline of the CPUSA. Influence of the Vietnam War. Part 20 Selected Readings 201 Part 21 Index 205
SynopsisA reappraisal of American communism and anticommunism in the cold war era, focusing on episodes, personalities, and institutions, and based upon fresh evidence that overturns a great deal of received wisdom. Haynes argues convincingly that after the Second World War the American Communist Party was indeed a serious danger to the American body politic....He has begun the necessary reexamination of a squalid era. --Ronald Radosh, Times Literary Supplement. American Ways Series., A reappraisal of American communism and anticommunism in the cold war era, focusing on episodes, personalities, and institutions, and based upon fresh evidence that overturns a great deal of received wisdom.
LC Classification NumberHX83.H36 1996
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