Cargando…

The Fear Within : Spies, Commies and American Democracy on Trial.

Sixty years ago political divisions in the United States ran even deeper than today. The Fear Within takes aim at one pivotal moment of that era: July 20, 1948 when FBI agents began rounding up twelve men whom the government believed posed a grave threat-the leadership of the Communist Party-USA. Sc...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martelle, Scott
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.