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Chargement... Nightmare in Red: The McCarthy Era in Perspectivepar Richard M. Fried
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Though over twenty years old, Richard Fried's overview of the Second Red Scare remains the best, most accessible introduction to its subject. His achievement is rather impressive -- in a little more than 200 pages he summarizes the anti-Communist campaigns, their antecedents, and their eventual decline. His arguments are clear and stimulating, and are convincingly validated by his explanations and evidence. Though his analysis would benefit from incorporating subsequent archival discoveries following the end of the Cold War, this is nonetheless an excellent place to start for anyone interested in learning about the origins and events of this dramatic period in American history. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
According to newspaper headlines and television pundits, the cold war ended many months ago; the age of Big Two confrontation is over. But forty years ago, Americans were experiencing the beginnings of another era--of the fevered anti-communism that came to be known as McCarthyism. During this period, the Cincinnati Reds felt compelled to rename themselves briefly the ""Redlegs"" to avoid confusion with the other reds, and one citizen in Indiana campaigned to have The Adventures of Robin Hood removed from library shelves because the story's subversive message encouraged robbing from the rich a Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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