Naming Names With a New Afterword by the Author

Name: Naming Names With a New Afterword by the Author
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ISBN: 9780809001835

ISBN-10: 0809001837

ISBN-13: 9780809001835

Edition: 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Victor S. Navasky

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With a New Afterword by the Author “An astonishing work concerning personal honor and dishonor, shame and shamelessness. A book of stunning insights and suspense.” —Studs Terkel Half a century later, the investigation of Hollywood radicals by the House Committee on Un-American Activities still haunts the public conscience. Naming Names, reissued here with a new afterword by the author, is the definitive account of the hearings, a National Book Award winner widely hailed as a classic. Victor S. Navasky adroitly dissects the motivations for the investigation and offers a poignant analysis of its consequences. Focusing on the movie-studio workers who avoided blacklists only by naming names…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Foreword


A Note on Vocabulary


Introduction: The Informer as Patriot



The Espionage Informer



The Conspiracy Informer



The Liberal Informer



HUAC In Hollywood



The Collaborators



Guilty Bystanders



Elia Kazan and the Case for Silence



The Reasons Why




The Reasons Considered



Degradation Ceremonies



The Intended Victim



The Community as Victim



The Informer as Victim



The Question of Forgiveness



The Question of Obedience



The Question of Candor


Afterword


Afterword to the Third Edition


Notes on Sources


Acknowledgments


Index