McCarthyism and Postwar America: The Red Scare in Myth and Memory
- ISBN-10
- 0415841038
- ISBN-13
- 9780415841030
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 318
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-04-19
- Publisher
- Critical Moments in American H
- Author
- Jonathan Michaels
Description
In this succinct text, Jonathan Michaels examines the rise of anti-communist sentiment in the postwar United States, exploring the factors that facilitated McCarthyism and assessing the long-term effects on US politics and culture. McCarthyism:The Realities, Delusions and Politics Behind the 1950s Red Scare offers an analysis of the ways in which fear of communism manifested in daily American life, giving readers a rich understanding of this era of postwar American history. Including primary documents and a companion website, Michaels� text presents a fully integrated picture of McCarthyism and the cultural climate of the United States in the aftermath of the Second World War.
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