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MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
A REFERENCE GUIDE |
| By: |
William T. Walker |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£52.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1598844377 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781598844375 |
| Publisher: |
ABC-CLIO |
| Pub. date: |
3 March, 2011 |
| Series: |
Guides to Historic Events in America |
| Pages: |
210 |
| Description: |
This book is a must-read for anyone studying and researching the rise and fall of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and McCarthyism in American political life. |
| Synopsis: |
This book is a must-read for anyone studying and researching the rise and fall of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and McCarthyism in American political life. * Provides an overview of McCarthyism and the postwar Red Scare, relating these mindsets to other waves of domestic persecution * Includes 12 relevant historic documents such as the Truman Loyalty Oaths; a transcript of McCarthy's speech in Wheeling, West Virginia; McCarthy's attacks on Acheson and Marshall; Margaret Chase Smith's Statement on Conscience; and the Senate's censure of McCarthy * Provides information on the First Red Scare and the emergence of the American fear of the Left and the potential for a revolution * Includes 11 short biographies of primary individuals associated with McCarthyism and the Red Scare * Presents a chronology of events that threatened or weakened individual rights throughout the 20th century, with a specific focus on the Red Scare periods of 1919-21 and 1945-57 * An annotated bibliography includes primary and secondary sources representing the most significant contemporary and scholarly works on the topic |
| Illustrations: |
10 |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
ABC-CLIO |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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