Little 'Red Scares' : Anti-Communism and Political Repression in the United States, 1921-1946
Anti-communism has long been a potent force in American politics, capable of gripping both government and popular attention. Nowhere is this more evident that the two great 'red scares' of 1919-20 and 1946-54; the latter generally - if somewhat inaccurately - termed McCarthyism. By focusing on the interim period between the two major 'red scares', this volume makes clear that the lingering effects of 1919-20 and the gathering storm-clouds of 'McCarthyism' were clearly visible throughout the 20s and 30s. In so doing the rationale and motivations for the 'red scares' are contexualised as part of
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Preface: Little "Red Scares" : Anti-Communism and Political Repression in the United States
After the Red Scare : Civil Liberties in the Era of Harding and Coolidge / Ernest Freeberg
The FBI and the Politics of Anti-Communism, 1920-1945 : A Prelude to Power / Athan Theoharis
Citizens versus Outsiders : Anti-Communism at State and Local Levels / M.J. Heale
Red Herrings? The Fish Committee in the Early Depression Years / Alex Goodall
Little Red Schoolhouses? Anti-Communists and Education in the "Age of Conflicts" / Timothy Cain
Fighting the "Red Danger" : Employers and Anti-Communism / Chad Pearson
Leftward Ramparts : Labor and Anti-Communism Between the World Wars / Markku Ruotsila
Premature McCarthyism : Spanish Republican Aid and the Origins of Cold War Anti-Communism / Eric Smith
Laying the Foundations for the Post-World War II Red Scare : Investigating the Left-Feminist Consumer Movement / Landon R.Y. Storrs
The Dies Committee v. the New Deal : Real Americans and the Unending Search for Un-Americans / Kenneth O'Reilly
The Long Black and Red Scare : Anti-Communism and the African-American Freedom Struggle / Robbie Lieberman
Shooting Rabid Dogs : New York's Rapp Coudet Attack on Teachers Unions / Stephen Leberstein
The History of the Smith Act and the Hatch Act : Anti-Communism and the Rise of the Conservative Coalition in Congress / Rebecca Hill
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