Nightmare in Red The Mccarthy Era in Perspective

Name: Nightmare in Red The Mccarthy Era in Perspective
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ISBN: 9780195043617

ISBN-10: 0195043618

ISBN-13: 9780195043617

Edition: 1989 (Reprint)

Authors: Richard M. Fried

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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…

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List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/28/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.31" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Preface



Two Eras and Some Victims



Trojan Horses and Fifth Columns



What Do You Think of Female Chastity?



The Rise of the Communist Issue



The Age Finds Its Name



In Calmer Times...


Epilogue: Where We Came Out


Notes


Bibliographical Essay


Index