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The American anticommunist movement has been viewed as a product of right-wing hysteria that deeply scarred our society and institutions. This book restores the struggle against communism to its historic place in American life. Richard Gid Powers shows that McCarthyism, red-baiting, and black-listing were only one aspect of this struggle and that the movement was in fact composed of a wide range of Americans-Jews, Protestants, blacks, Catholics, Socialists, union leaders, businessmen, and conservatives-whose ideas and political initiatives were rooted not in ignorance and fear but in real knowledge and experience of the Communist system. <p>"Not Without Power is superbly written and richly detailed. Perceptive and thoughtful, it is an impressively thorough and valuable book."-David J. Garrow</p> <p>"One of the contributions of [Powers's] provocative narrative history is to bring to life certain segments of anti-Communist opinion that have largely been forgotten."-Sean Wilentz, New York Times Book Review</p> <p>"[Powers] makes extensive use of primary sources and uncovers much that is new. He vividly recreates the complex relationships within and between several ethnic and radical c

Author

Powers, Richard Gid, 1944-

Publisher

New Haven: Yale University Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300074703

Subjects

Economics, History, Political Science

Rating

3.6 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14