The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Documents
- ISBN-10
- 1319050182
- ISBN-13
- 9781319050184
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-09-02
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Authors
- Phillip Deery, Ellen W. Schrecker
Description
Incorporating important recent scholarship, this popular supplement combines a comprehensive essay on the history of McCarthyism with compelling documents that trace the course of anti-Communist furor in the U.S. The volume’s 95-page essay follows the campaign against domestic subversion from its origins in the 1930s through its escalation in the 1940s to its decline in the 1950s. The second part includes over 47 original documents (including 6 new sources) — congressional transcripts, FBI reports, speeches, and letters — that chronicle the anti-Communist crusade. The essay and documents have been thoroughly updated to reflect new scholarship and recently revealed archival evidence of Soviet spying in the U.S. Also included are headnotes to the documents, 15 black-and-white photographs, a glossary, a chronology of McCarthyism, a revised bibliographical essay, and an index.
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- 2001-11-09
- 308 pages
- Paperback
- Bedford/St. Martin's
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