Many are the crimes : McCarthyism in America /

Schrecker, Ellen.

Many are the crimes : McCarthyism in America / Ellen Schrecker. - Boston : Little, Brown and Co., c1998. - xviii, 573 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-550) and index.

From an award-winning McCarthy scholar comes the first post-Cold War exploration of the anticommunist witch-hunt and its devastating impact. Tracing the way that a network of dedicated anticommunists created blacklists and destroyed organizations, this broadbased inquiry reveals the connections between McCarthyism's disparate elements in the belief that understanding its terrible mechanics can prevent a repetition. of photos. www.alibris.com

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Anti-communist movements--United States
Communism--United States
Internal security--United States
Subversive activities--United States

E 743.5 / .Sch71 1998