anti-communist movements

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anti-communist movements

Red scare

memories of the American Inquisition : an oral history
1995
Reveals how the hunt for the "disloyal citizens" penetrated American life from 1945 to 1965.

The great red scare

1998
Examines America's fear of Communist subversion during the late 1940's and early 1950's and the exploitation of this fear by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

McCarthyism

the Red Scare
2007
Examines McCarthyism, the anticommunist crusade that swept America in the late 1940s and 1950s, discussing its origin, how it operated, and its effect on American society.

The McCarthy era

communists in America
2011

The rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy

2009
A biography of controversial Senator Joe McCarthy who conducted wide-ranging investigations of suspected Communists during the 1950s. Describes how McCarthy achieved enormous political power by exploiting people's fears and how the media and the government ultimately brought him down.

Red scare or red menance?

American communism and anticommunism in the cold war era
1996
A historical look at anticommunism in the United States especially during the cold war years and its effect on foreign policy, domestic politics and the arms race.

McCarthyism

the great American red scare : a documentary history
1997
Traces the history of McCarthyism in the United States from the 1940s to the mid-1960s through a selection of historical documents, including speeches, letters, memoirs, congressional hearings, executive orders, and others.

The hawk and the dove

Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the history of the Cold War
2009
Presents a comprehensive biography of Paul Nitze and George Kennan, describing the influence each man had upon American politics and the events surrounding the Cold War.

The age of anxiety

McCarthyism to terrorism
2005
Chronicles Senator Joseph McCarthy's five-year-long anti-Communist crusade, which destroyed the lives of thousands of United States citizens, and discusses its relevance to the twenty-first century's War on Terror.

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