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Zusatztext "Storrs' work makes incredibly important contributions to our understanding of Cold War liberalism." ---Lisa Phillips, AU Press Informationen zum Autor Landon R. Y. Storrs is professor of history at the University of Iowa. She is the author of Civilizing Capitalism: The National Consumers' League! Women's Activism! and Labor Standards in the New Deal Era . Klappentext Focuses on declassified records of federal employee loyalty program created in response to fears that Communists were infiltrating the US government to reveal how disloyalty charges were used to silence these New Dealers and discredit their policies. This title demonstrates how the Second Red Scare undermined the reform potential of the New Deal. Zusammenfassung Focuses on declassified records of federal employee loyalty program created in response to fears that Communists were infiltrating the US government to reveal how disloyalty charges were used to silence these New Dealers and discredit their policies. This title demonstrates how the Second Red Scare undermined the reform potential of the New Deal. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix Abbreviations Used in Text xi Selected Government Officials Investigated under the Federal Loyalty Program xiii Introduction 1 1 When the Old Left Was Young ... and Went to Washington 16 2 Allegations of Disloyalty at Labor and Consumer Agencies! 1939-43 51 3 "Pinks in Minks": The Antifeminism of the Old Right 86 4 The Loyalty Investigations of Mary Dublin Keyserling and Leon Keyserling 107 5 Secrets and Self-Reinvention: The Making of Cold War Liberalism 147 6 "A Soul-Searing Process": Trauma in the Civil Service 177 7 Loyalty Investigations and the "End of Reform" 205 Conclusion 259 Appendix 1: Loyalty Case Records and Selection 265 Appendix 2: Case Summaries 268 Appendix 3: Chronology of the Federal Loyalty-Security Program 286 Appendix 4: Statistics of the Federal Loyalty-Security Program 291 Acknowledgments 293 Notes 295 Selected Bibliography of Primary Sources 385 Index 391 ...
