Anti-communism in Twentieth-century America: A Critical HistoryThis compelling, critical analysis of anti-communism illustrates the variety of anti-Communist styles and agendas, thereby making a persuasive case that the threat of domestic communism in Cold War America was vastly overblown.
Anti-Communism in Twentieth-Century America: A Critical History provides a panoramic perspective of the types of anti-communists in the United States between 1919 and the collapse of the Soviet Union. It explains the causes and exceptional nature of anti-communism in the United States, and divides it into eight discrete categories. This title then thoroughly examines the words and deeds of the various anti-Communists in each of these categories during the three Red Scares in the past century. The work concludes with an unapologetic assessment of domestic anti-communism. This book allows readers to more fully comprehend what the anti-communists meant with their rhetoric, and grasp their impact on the United States during the 20th century and beyond--for example, how anti-communism has reappeared as anti-terrorism.
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Contents
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1 Official AntiCommunism 19191939 | 19 |
2 Unofficial AntiCommunism 19191939 | 33 |
3 The Second Red Scare 19391941 | 53 |
4 World War II | 65 |
5 Official AntiCommunism 19451948 | 75 |
6 Official AntiCommunism 19491957 | 91 |
7 Institutional AntiCommunism 19451957 | 113 |
10 CivilLibertarian AntiCommunism 19451957 | 171 |
11 The Decline and Periodic Revivals of Domestic AntiCommunism | 191 |
Conclusion | 215 |
Can It Happen Again? Or Is AntiTerrorism the New AntiCommunism? | 221 |
Abbreviations | 227 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 315 |
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8 ExCommunist and Conservative AntiCommunism 19451957 | 131 |
9 Liberal and LeftofLiberal AntiCommunism 19451957 | 153 |