The Age of McCarthyism

A Brief History with Documents
2. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-312-39319-9
Verlag: St Martin's Press

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 208 mm, Gewicht: 328 g

Reihe: The Bedford Series in History and Culture

Incorporating important recent scholarship, the 2nd edition of this highly-successful text combines a comprehensive account of the history of McCarthyism - from its origins in the 1930s through its escalation in the 1940s to its decline in the 1950s - with compelling documents that trace the course of anti-Communist furore in the US. The second part of the book includes over 47 original documents - congressional transcripts, FBI reports, speeches, and letters - that chronicle the anti-Communist crusade. The essay and selection of documents have been thoroughly updated to reflect new scholarship and recently revealed archival evidence of Soviet spying in the US.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schrecker, Ellen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.- Preface.- PART ONE THE AGE OF MCCARTHYISM.- Introduction.- The American Communist Party.- The Growth of the Anti-Communist Network.- Communism and National Security: The Menace Emerges.- The State Steps In: Setting the Anticommunist Agenda.- Communists in Government and the Big Spy Cases.- Atomic Espionage.- The Loyalty-Security Program.- The Assault on the Communist Party.- The Destruction of the Communist Fronts and Unions.- Congressional Committees and Unfriendly Witnesses.- Redbaiting and Careerism: Joseph McCarthy at Work.- Congressional Investigations and the 'Loss of China'.- Anticommunism at the State and Local Levels.- Blacklists and Other Economic Sanctions.- Liberals and McCarthyism.- The Legacy of McCarthyism.- Interpreting McCarthyism: A Bibliographical Essay.- PART TWO DOCUMENTS.- The World of American Communism: Party Members Talk About Their Experiences.- From the Communist Party's Perspective: William Z.Foster Looks at the World in 1947.- The Communist Menace: An American Legion.- View To Quarantine Communism: J.Edgar Hoover Speaks to the American People.- Communist Spies in the State Department: The Emergence of the Hiss Case.- Atom Spies or Cold War Martyrs? The Rosenberg Case.- The Truman Administration Deals with the Communist Menace: The 1947 Loyalty-Security Program.- E.O.9835 A Political Test for Employment: The Loyalty Security Program in Operation.- Guilt by Designation: The Attorney General's List.- Communism in Court: Excerpts from the 1949 Smith Act Trial of the Communist Party's Eleven Top Leaders.- Outlawing the Communist Party: The Supreme Court Upholds the Smith Act.- A Liberal Opposes Anticommunist Legislation: Truman Vetoes the Internal Security Act of 1950.- Purging the Labour Movement: The CIO Expels Its Left-wing Unions.- The Dilemma of an Unfriendly Witness: Lillian Hellman Takes the Fifth Amendment.- 'Are You Now...?' HUAC Investigates Hollywood.- 'I Have in My Hand...':Senator Joseph McCarthy Charges That There Are Communists In the State Department.- The Hollywood Blacklist Begins: Studio Heads Fire the Hollywood Ten.- The Blacklisters' Bible: Red Channels The Blacklist.- In Operation: Testimony From the John Henry Faulk Trial of 1962.- Unfriendly Witnesses and their Lawyers: The HUAC Testimony of Robert Treuhaft.- A Liberal Deplores the Witch-Hunt: Supreme Court Justice William O.Douglas On 'The Black Silence of Fear'.- APPENDICES: Chronology.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

ELLEN SCHRECKER is Professor of History at Yeshiva University.