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Little 'Red Scares' - Anti-Communism and Political Repression in the United States, 1921-1946 (Paperback)
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Little 'Red Scares' - Anti-Communism and Political Repression in the United States, 1921-1946 (Paperback)
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Anti-communism has long been a potent force in American politics,
capable of gripping both government and popular attention. Nowhere
is this more evident that the two great 'red scares' of 1919-20 and
1946-54; the latter generally - if somewhat inaccurately - termed
McCarthyism. The interlude between these two major scares has
tended to garner less attention, but as this volume makes clear,
the lingering effects of 1919-20 and the gathering storm-clouds of
'McCarthyism' were clearly visible throughout the 20s and 30s, even
if in a more low-key way. Indeed, the period between the two great
red scares was marked by frequent instances of political
repression, often justified on anti-communist grounds, at local,
state and federal levels. Yet these events have been curiously
neglected in the history of American political repression and
anti-communism, perhaps because much of the material deals with
events scattered in time and space which never reached the
intensity of the two great scares. By focusing on this twenty-five
year 'interim' period, the essays in this collection bridge the gap
between the two high-profile 'red scares' thus offering a much more
contextualised and fluid narrative for American anti-communism. In
so doing the rationale and motivations for the 'red scares' can be
seen as part of an evolving political landscape, rather than as
isolated bouts of hysteria exploding onto - and then vanishing from
- the political scene. Instead, a much more nuanced appreciation of
the conflicting interests and fears of government, politicians,
organised labour, free-speech advocates, employers, and the press
is offered, which will be of interest to anyone wishing to better
understand the political history of modern America.
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