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Nightmare in Red : The McCarthy Era in Perspective by Richard M. Fried is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Nightmare in Red : The McCarthy Era in Perspective about?
According to newspaper headlines and television pundits, the cold war ended many months ago; the age of Big Two confrontation is over. But forty years ago, Americans were experiencing the beginnings of another era--of the fevered anti-communism that came to be known as McCarthyism. During this period, the Cincinnati Reds felt compelled to rename themselves briefly the "Redlegs" to avoid confusion with the other reds, and one citizen in Indiana campaigned to have The Adventures of Robin Hood removed from library shelves because the story's subversive message encouraged robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. These developments grew out of a far-reaching anxiety over communism that characterized the McCarthy Era. Richard Fried's Nightmare in Red offers a riveting and comprehensive account of this crucial time. He traces the second Red Scare's antecedents back to the 1930s, and presents an engaging narrative about the many different people who became involved in the drama of the anti-communist fervor, from the New Deal era and World War II, through the early years of the cold war, to the peak of McCarthyism, and beyond McCarthy's censure to the decline of the House Committee
Who reads Nightmare in Red : The McCarthy Era in Perspective?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Richard M. Fried
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780195043617
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Fiction, World History
- Rating
- 3.26 / 5 (82 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14