Naming Names - With a New Afterword by the Author (Paperback, 1st Hill and Wang ed)

With a New Afterword by the Author

“An astonishing work concerning personal honor and dishonor, shame and shamelessness. A book of stunning insights and suspense.” —Studs Terkel

Half a century later, the investigation of Hollywood radicals by the House Committee on Un-American Activities still haunts the public conscience. Naming Names, reissued here with a new afterword by the author, is the definitive account of the hearings, a National Book Award winner widely hailed as a classic. Victor S. Navasky adroitly dissects the motivations for the investigation and offers a poignant analysis of its consequences. Focusing on the movie-studio workers who avoided blacklists only by naming names at the hearings, he explores the terrifying dilemmas of those who informed and the tragedies of those who were informed on. Drawing on interviews with more than 150 people called to testify—among them Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner Jr., and Arthur Miller—Naming Names presents a compelling portrait of how the blacklists operated with such chilling efficiency.

General

Imprint:	Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2003
First published:	April 2003
Authors:	Victor S Navasky
Foreword by:	Victor S Navasky
Dimensions:	213 x 137 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	528
Edition:	1st Hill and Wang ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8090-0183-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-8090-0183-7
Barcode:	9780809001835

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