Nightmare in red : the McCarthy era in perspective /

Providing the most complete history of the rise and fall of the phenomenon known as McCarthyism, Nightmare in Red offers a riveting and comprehensive account of the many different people who became embroiled in the anti-communist fervor of mid-century America. It traces the second Red Scare's a...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Fried, Richard M.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Zusammenfassung:
Providing the most complete history of the rise and fall of the phenomenon known as McCarthyism, Nightmare in Red offers a riveting and comprehensive account of the many different people who became embroiled in the anti-communist fervor of mid-century America. It traces the second Red Scare's antecedents from the 1930s, to the early years of the Cold War, through the peak of the McCarthy era, and beyond McCarthy's censure to the decline of the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the 1960s.
Umfang:
1 online resource (434 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-976319-4
0-19-987873-0
Schlagworte:
McCarthy, Joseph, > 1908-1957.
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