Title:
A time of fear : America in the era of red scares and Cold War / Albert Marrin.
ISBN:
9780525644293
9780525644309
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf Books, 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
"A Borzoi book."
Contents:
Prologue: Lenin's journey -- Frightened victors -- True believers: a party like none other -- Black comrades awaken! -- The Party and Stalin's war -- Nightmare years -- Of atomic bombs and spies -- The Rosenberg spy ring -- A little list: Joe McCarthy investigates -- Epilogue: Brutal fantasies.
Summary:
In twentieth century America, no threat loomed larger than the communist superpower of the Soviet Union. The Communist Party of the United States attempted to use deep economic and racial disparities in American culture to win over members and sympathizers. Marrin shows how the miscarriage of justice in the Scotsboro Boys case, the tragedy of the Rosenbergs, and the menace of the Joseph McCarthy and his war hearings lured many Americans to the ideals of communism-- without understanding its reality. He shows how fear of communist infiltration at times caused us to undermine our most deeply held values. -- adapted from jacket.
Corporate Subject:
Audience:
1120L Lexile
OCLC Number:
on1240502792
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1