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Zusatztext "The book's great value is that it brings together recent work on McCarthyism and wonderfully illuminates the relationships between the component parts of that protean culture, and its own extensive original research enhances its authority. It is a true work of scholarship. The depth of Ellen Schreckert's research, her careful analysis and her elegant prose command respect." ---M.J. Heale, American Studies Informationen zum Autor Ellen Schrecker is Professor of History at Yeshiva University. She has taught at Harvard and Princeton and has authored numerous books including the award-winning No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities and The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Documents . She currently edits Academe , the magazine of the American Association of University Professors. Klappentext 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--liberal and conservative alike--supported the anti-Communist crusade that ruined so many careers! marriages! and even lives. Now Ellen Schrecker gives us the first complete post-Cold War account of McCarthyism. Many Are the Crimes is a frightening history of an era that still resonates with us today. Zusammenfassung 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--liberal and conservative alike--supported the anti-Communist crusade that ruined so many careers, marriages, and even lives. Now Ellen Schrecker gives us the first complete post-Cold War account of McCarthyism. Many Are the Crimes is a frightening history of an era that still resonates with us today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Paperback Edition ix Introduction xi PART ONE: ANTECEDENTS Chapter 1: "We Were Sitting Ducks": The World of American Communism 3 Chapter 2: "Red-Baiters! Inc.": The Development of an Anticommunist Network 42 Chapter 3: "In the Interest of National Security": Anticommunism and the Roosevelt Administration 86 PART TWO: REPRESENTATIONS Chapter 4: "They Are Everywhere": The Communist Image 119 Chapter 5: "A Great and Total Danger": The Nature of the Communist Threat 154 PART THREE: INSTRUMENTS Chapter 6: "A Job for Professionals": The FBI and Anticommunism 203 Chapter 7: "In the Gutter": The Anticommunism of Joe McCarthy 240 Chapter 8: "A Badge of Infamy": Anticommunist Economic Sanctions and Political Dismissals 266 PART FOUR: INTERCONNECTIONS Chapter 9: "How Red Is a Valley": Clinton Jencks and His Union 309 Chapter 10: "A Good Deal of Trauma": The Impact of McCarthyism 359 Acknowledgments 417 Abbreviations 419 Sources 421 Notes 431 Index 551 ...
