Synopses & Reviews
This popular supplement combines a comprehensive essay on the history of McCarthyism with compelling documents that trace the course of anti-Communist furor in the US. The volume's 95-page essay follows the campaign against domestic subversion from its origins in the 1939s, through its escalation in the 1940s , to its decline in the 1950s. The second part includes more than 47 original documents (including 6 new sources) —congressional transcripts, FBI reports, speeches and letters—that chronicle the anti-Communist crusade. The essays and documents have been thoroughly updated to reflect new scholarship and recently revealed archival evidence of soviet spying in the US. Also included are headnotes, photographs, a glossary, a chronology of McCarthyism, a revised bibliographical essay, and an index.
Synopsis
This concise history combines an extended introductory essay on the history of McCarthyism with compelling documents that trace the course of anti-Communist furor in the US, from 1939 to the 1950s. It includes more than 47 original documents (including six new sources) -- congressional transcripts, FBI reports, speeches, and letters -- that chronicle the anti-Communist crusade. The essays and documents have been thoroughly updated to reflect new scholarship and recently revealed archival evidence of soviet spying in the US.
About the Author
Ellen Schrecker is Professor of History at Yeshiva University.