Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-429) and index.
Contents
Antecedents -- "We were sitting ducks" : the world of American communism -- "Red-baiters, Inc." : the development of an anticommunist network -- "In the interest of national security" : anticommunism and the Roosevelt administration -- Representations -- "They are everywhere" : the communist image -- "Great and total danger" : the nature of the communist threat -- Instruments -- "Job for professionals" : the FBI and anticommunism -- "In the gutter" : the anticommunism of Joe McCarthy -- "Badge of infamy" : anticommunist economic sanctions and political dismissals -- Interconnections -- "How red is a valley" : Clinton Jencks and his union -- "Good deal of trauma" : the impact of McCarthyism.
