The fear within : spies, Commies, and American democracy on trial / Scott Martelle.
2011
KF221.C55 M37 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The fear within : spies, Commies, and American democracy on trial / Scott Martelle.
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ISBN
9780813549385 (alk. paper)
0813549388 (alk. paper)
0813549388 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 296 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
KF221.C55 M37 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
345.73/0231
Summary
The author tells the story behind a 1948 FBI roundup of twelve men in New York city, Chicago, and Detroit, whom the U.S. government believed posed a grave threat to the nation as the leadership of the Communist Party-USA.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Fear, and Howard Smith's law
From spies to speeches
A sudden and violent storm
The judge, and the mood
Battle lines and battle scars
The trial opens
Deserters and spies
Stool pigeons and turncoats
The defense
The Peekskill Riots
Guilty
In the wind
Hollow vindication.
From spies to speeches
A sudden and violent storm
The judge, and the mood
Battle lines and battle scars
The trial opens
Deserters and spies
Stool pigeons and turncoats
The defense
The Peekskill Riots
Guilty
In the wind
Hollow vindication.