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Author Marrin, Albert, author.

Title A time of fear : America in the era of red scares and Cold War / Albert Marrin.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021]
copyright 2021

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  973.9 Marrin    ---  Available
Edition First edition.
Description 306 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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Note Includes index.
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 Rosenburg spy ring -- A little list: Joe McCarthy investigates -- Epilogue: brutal fantasies.
Indexed In: Junior Library Guild
Summary "In twentieth century America, no power--and no threat--loomed larger than the communist superpower of the Soviet Union. America saw in the dreams of the Soviet Union the overthrow of the US government, and the end of democracy and freedom. Meanwhile, the Communist Party of the United States attempted to use deep economic and racial disparities in American culture to win over members and sympathizers. From the miscarriage of justice in the Scotsboro Boys case, to the tragedy of the Rosenbergs to the theatrics of the Hollywood Ten to the menace of the Joseph McCarthy and his war hearings, Albert Marrin examines a unique time in American history...and explores both how some Americans were lured by the ideals of communism without understanding its reality and how fear of communist infiltration at times caused us to undermine our most deeply held values. The questions he raises ask: What is worth fighting for? And what are you willing to sacrifice to keep it? Filled with black and white photographs throughout, this timely book from an award-author brings to life an important and dramatic era in American history with lessons that are deeply relevant today"--From the publisher's web site.
Audience Ages 15-17.
Grades 10-12.
1120 Lexile.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject Cold War -- Juvenile literature.
Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Cold War.
Communism -- History.
Cold war.
Communism -- United States -- History.
United States -- History -- 1945- -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- 1945-
United States -- History -- 1945-
ISBN 9780525644309 : 17.85

 
    
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