Lavender Scare The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government

Name: Lavender Scare The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
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ISBN: 9780226401904

ISBN-10: 0226401901

ISBN-13: 9780226401904

Edition: 2006

Authors: David K. Johnson

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In Cold War America, Senator Joseph McCarthy enjoyed tremendous support in the fight against what he called atheistic communism. But that support stemmed less from his wild charges about communists than his more substantiated charges that "sex perverts" had infiltrated government agencies. Although now remembered as an attack on suspected disloyalty, McCarthyism introduced "moral values" into the American political arsenal. Warning of a spreading homosexual menace, McCarthy and his Republican allies learned how to win votes. Winner of three book awards, "The Lavender Scare" masterfully" "traces the origins of contemporary sexual politics to Cold War hysteria over national security. Drawing…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 7.05" wide x 8.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: "Panic on the Potomac"



Peurifoy's Revelation: The Politics of the Purges



"This Used to Be a Very Gay City": Lafayette Park and the Sex Crime Panic



"Cookie Pushers in Striped Pants": The Lavender Lads in the State Department



"Fairies and Fair Dealers": The Immoral Bureaucracy



The Hoey Investigation: Searching for a Homosexual Spy



"Let's Clean House": The Eisenhower Security Program



Interrogations and Disappearances: Gay and Lesbian Subculture in 1950s Washington



"Homosexual Citizens": The Mattachine Society of Washington


Epilogue


Notes


Oral History Interviews


Index