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xiv, 258 pages : 21 cm 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 volumes 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 Previous edition: Boston, Mass. : Bedford Books, 2002 Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and index Introduction: The age of McCarthyism. The American Communist Party ; The growth of the anti-Communist network ; Communism and national security : the menace emerges ; The stat

Author

Schrecker, Ellen, author, Deery, Phillip, author

Publisher

Boston ; New York : Bedford/St. Martin's, Macmillan Learning

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781319050184

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.7 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14