The age of McCarthyism : a brief history with documents

Incorporating important recent scholarship, 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 U.S. The volume’s 95-page essay follows the campaign against domestic subversion from its origins in the 1930s through its escalation in the 1940s to its decline in the 1950s. The second part includes over 47 original documents (including 6 new sources) — congressional transcripts, FBI reports, speeches, and letters — that chronicle the anti-Communist crusade. The essay and documents have been thoroughly updated to reflect new scholarship and recently revealed archival evidence of Soviet spying in the U.S. Also included are headnotes to the documents, 15 black-and-white photographs, a glossary, a chronology of McCarthyism, a revised bibliographical essay, and an index. The Age Of Mccarthyism. The American Communist Party ; The Growth Of The Anti-communist Network ; Communism And National Security : The Menace Emerges ; The State Steps In : Setting The Anti-communist Agenda ; Communists In Government And The Big Spy Cases ; Atomic Espionage ; The Loyalty-security Program ; The Assault On The Communist Party ; The Destruction Of The Communist Fronts And Unions ; Congressional Committees And Unfriendly Witnesses ; Red-baiting And Careerism : Joseph Mccarthy At Work ; Congressional Investigations And The Loss Of China ; Anticommunism At The State And Local Levels ; Blacklists And Other Economic Sanctions ; Liberals And The Struggle Against Mccarthyism ; The Legacy Of Mccarthyism -- The Documents. The World Of American Communism : Party Members Talk About Their Experiences -- From The Communist Party's Perspective : William Z. Foster Looks At The World In 1947 -- The Communist Menace : An American Legion View --^ To Quarantine Communism : J. Edgar Hoover Speaks To The American People -- Communist Spies In The State Department : The Emergence Of The Hiss Case -- Atomic Espionage And The Rosenberg Case -- The Truman Administration Deals With The Communist Menace : The 1947 Loyalty-security Program -- A Political Test For Employment : The Loyalty-security Program In Operation -- Guilt By Designation : The Attorney General's List -- Communism In Court : Excerpts From The 1949 Smith Act Trial Of The Communist Party's Eleven Top Leaders -- Outlawing The Communist Party : The Supreme Court Upholds The Smith Act -- A Liberal Opposes Anti-communist Legislation : Truman Vetoes The Internal Security Act Of 1950 -- Purging The Labor Movement : The Cio Expels Its Left-wing Unions -- The Dilemma Of An Unfriendly Witness : Lillian Hellman Takes The Fifth Amendment -- Are You Now--? : Huac Investigates Hollywood -- I Have In My Hand--^ : Senator Joseph Mccarthy Charges That There Are Communists In The State Department -- The Hollywood Blacklist Begins : Studio Heads Fire The Hollywood Ten -- The Blacklisters' Bible : Red Channels -- The Blacklist In Operation : Testimony From The John Henry Faulk Trial -- Unfriendly Witnesses And Their Lawyers : The Huac Testimony Of Robert Treuhaft -- Heresy And Conspiracy : A Cold War Liberal View Of The Communist Threat -- A Liberal Deplores The Witch-hunt : Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas On The Black Silence Of Fear -- Appendixes. Glossary ; A Mccarthyism Chronology (1917-1976) ; Interpreting Mccarthyism : A Bibliographical Essay. Ellen Schrecker. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 284-296) And Index. Foreword Contents Part One. The Age of McCarthyism 1. The American Communist Party 2. The Growth of the Anti-Communist Network 3. Communism and National Security: The Menace Emerges 4. The State Steps In: Setting the Anti-Communist Agenda 5. Communists in Government and the Big Spy Cases 6. Atomic Espionage 7. The Loyalty-Security Program 8. The Assault on the Communist Party 9. The Destruction of the Communist Fronts and Unions 10. Congressional Committees and Unfriendly Witnesses 11. Red-Baiting and Careerism: Joseph McCarthy at Work 12. Congressional Investigations and the “Loss” of China 13. Anticommunism at the State and Local Levels 14. Blacklists and Other Economic Sanctions 15. Liberals and the Struggle against McCarthyism 16. The Legacy of McCarthyism Part Two. The Documents 1. The World of American Communism; Party Members Talk about Their Experiences 2. From the Communist Party’s Perspective: William Z. Foster Looks at the World in 1947 The New Europe 3. The Communist Menace: An American Legion View 4. To Quarantine Communism: J. Edgar Hoover Speaks to the American People 5. Communist Spies in the State Department: The Emergence of the Hiss Case 6. Atomic Espionage and the Rosenberg Case 7. The Truman Administration Deals with the Communist Menace: The 1947 Loyalty-Security Program 8. A Political Test for Employment:The Loyalty-Security Program in Operation 9. Guilt by Designation: The Attorney General’s List 11. Outlawing the Communist Party: The Supreme Court Upholds the Smith Act 12. A Liberal Opposes Anti-Communist Legislation: Truman Vetoes the Internal Security Act of 1950 13. Purging the Labor Movement: The CIO Expels Its Left-Wing Unions 14. The Dilemma of an Unfriendly Witness: Lillian Heilman Takes the Fifth Amendment 15. “Are You Now. .. ?”: HUAC Investigates Hollywood 16. “I Have in My Hand . . Senator Joseph McCarthy Charges That There Are Communists in the State Department 17. The Hollywood Blacklist Begins: Studio Heads Fire the Hollywood Ten 18. The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television 1950 19. The Blacklist in Operation: Testimony from the John Henry Faulk Trial 20. Unfriendly Witnesses and Their Lawyers: The HUAC Testimony of Robert Treuhaft 21. Heresy and Conspiracy: A Cold War liberal View of the Communist Threat 22. A Liberal Deplores the Witch-Hunt: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas on “The Black Silence of Fear” Glossary A McCarthyism Chronology (1917-1976) Intepretmg McCarthyism: A Bibliographic Essay Index Incorporating important recent scholarship, 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 U.S. The volume s 95-page essay follows the campaign against domestic subversion from its origins in the 1930s through its escalation in the 1940s to its decline in the 1950s. The second part includes over 47 original documents (including 6 new sources) congressional transcripts, FBI reports, speeches, and letters that chronicle the anti-Communist crusade. The essay and documents have been thoroughly updated to reflect new scholarship and recently revealed archival evidence of Soviet spying in the U.S. Also included are headnotes to the documents, 15 black-and-white photographs, a glossary, a chronology of McCarthyism, a revised bibliographical essay, and an index." " ... 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."--Publisher This second edition of this text combines an account of the history of McCarthyism from its origins in the 1930s through its escalation in the 1940s to its decline in the 1950s with documents tracing the course of anti-Communist furore in the US