Of G-Men and Eggheads : The FBI and the New York Intellectuals /

"During the Cold War, dissent against U.S. international policy was looked upon as inherently suspicious. No one was more suspicious than outspoken left-leaning intellectuals, especially those who lived in Manhattan. For national security reasons, the federal government expended considerable re...

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Main Author: Rodden, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Trilling, Lionel, > 1905-1975
Macdonald, Dwight.
Howe, Irving.
Trilling, Lionel, > 1905-1975.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation.
États-Unis. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > Histoire > 20e siecle.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > History > 20th century.
Social aspects.
Politics and government.
Political participation.
Intelligence service.
Espionage.
Dissenters.
Intellectuals > Political activity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Communism & Socialism.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Espionnage > New York (État) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Dissidents > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Intellectuels > Activite politique > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cold War > Social aspects > United States.
Intelligence service > United States > History > 20th century.
Espionage > New York (State) > History > 20th century.
Dissenters > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Intellectuals > Political activity > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
United States.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State)
New York (N.Y.) > Administration > 20e siecle.
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The Tradition of the New
  • Intellectuals and Intelligence Services : The Partisan Review Writers under the Watchful Eye of the FBI
  • An Unlikely Suspect : Lionel Trilling, Stalinist Fellow Traveler?
  • From FBI Nose-Tweaker to CIA "Stooge" to LBJ's Nemesis : Dwight Macdonald, a "Critical (Un?)American"
  • Wanted by the FBI? : Irving Horenstein, #7384A aka "Revolutionary Conspirator" Irving Howe
  • Epilogue: The Orwellian Future?

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