The specter ; original essays on the Cold War and the origins of McCarthyism

Edited By Robert Griffith And Athan Theoharis. Includes Bibliographical References. Contents Introduction American Politics and the Origins of “McCarthyism" The Politics of Religion: American Catholics and the Anti-Communist Impulse A View From the Right: Conservative Intellectuals, the Cold War, and McCarthy American Business and the Origins of McCarthyism: The Cold War Crusade of the United States Chamber of Commerce A View From the Left: From the Popular Front to Cold War Liberalism Labor’s Cold War: The CIO and the Communists The Politics of Civil Liberties: The American Civil Liberties Union During the McCarthy Years Legislative Politics and “McCarthyism”: The Internal Security Act of 1950 Electoral Politics and McCarthyism: The 1950 Campaign McCarthy and McCarthyism: The Cedric Parker Case, November 1949 The Politics of Culture: Hollywood and the Cold War The Politics of Scholarship: Liberals, Anti-Communism and McCarthyism Notes Index A Note on the Contributors