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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. “ Not Without Power is superbly written and richly detailed. Perceptive and thoughtful, it is an impressively thorough and valuable book.”—David J. Garrow “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 “[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 communities with

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Author

Richard Gid Powers

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300074703

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Economics, History, Political Science

Rating

3.6 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14