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The McCarthy era was a bad time for freedom in America. Encompassing far more than the brief career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, it was the most widespread episode of political repression in the history of the United States. In the name of National Security, most Americans--liberal and conservative alike--supported the anti-Communist crusade that ruined so many careers, marriages, and even lives. Now Ellen Schrecker gives us the first complete post-Cold War account of McCarthyism. Many Are the Crimes is a frightening history of an era that still resonates with us today.
Price: $39.00
Pages: 608
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
29 August 1999
ISBN: 9780691048703
Format: Paperback
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"If the national memory is ever to reach closure on this tragic episode, Schrecker's analysis is a significant and compelling contribution."---William J. Preston, Jr., Los Angeles Times
Ellen Schrecker is Professor of History at Yeshiva University. She has taught at Harvard and Princeton and has authored numerous books including the award-winning No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities and The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Documents. She currently edits Academe, the magazine of the American Association of University Professors.