EBOOK Nightmare in Red:The McCarthy Era in Perspective
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The McCarthy Era in Perspective
This book presents an engaging narrative about the many different people who became involved in the drama of anti-communist fervor in America, passing chronologically from the 1930s, to the early years of the Cold War, through the peak of the McCarthy era, and beyond that to the decline of the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the 1960s. Along the way, we meet the familiar figures of that era--Senator Joseph McCarthy, Alger Hiss, the Hollywood Ten, and the young Richard Nixon. But more importantly, perhaps, Fried also shows us how thousands of ordinary people--from teachers and lawyers to college students, factory workers and janitors--were affected by McCarthyism.
This book presents an engaging narrative about the many different people who became involved in the drama of anti-communist fervor in America, passing chronologically from the 1930s, to the early years of the Cold War, through the peak of the McCarthy era, and beyond that to the decline of the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the 1960s. Along the way, we meet the familiar figures of that era--Senator Joseph McCarthy, Alger Hiss, the Hollywood Ten, and the young Richard Nixon. But more importantly, perhaps, Fried also shows us how thousands of ordinary people--from teachers and lawyers to college students, factory workers and janitors--were affected by McCarthyism.