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03848aam a2200445 i 4500 001 6117D2528B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161006010101 008 160328s2016 ilua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2016003063 020 $a 9780252098222 020 $a 0252098226 020 $a 025208151X (paperback : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9780252081514 (paperback : acid-free paper) 020 $a 0252040023 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9780252040023 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)926062534 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d SPI $d CDX $d DEBBG $d COO $d ZCU $d PUL $d ORZ $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E743.5 F476 2016 100 1 $a Fischer, Nick, $e author. 245 10 $a Spider web : $b the birth of American anticommunism / $c Nick Fischer. 264 1 $a Urbana : $b University of Illinois Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xviii, 345 pages : $b illustrations : $c 24 cm 520 2 $a "The McCarthy-era witch hunts marked the culmination of an anticommunist crusade launched after the First World War. With Bolshevism triumphant in Russia and public discontent shaking the United States, conservatives at every level of government and business created a network dedicated to sweeping away the 'spider web' of radicalism they saw threatening the nation. In this groundbreaking study, Nick Fischer shines a light on right-wing activities during the interwar period. Conservatives, eager to dispel communism's appeal to the working class, railed against a supposed Soviet-directed conspiracy composed of socialists, trade unions, peace and civil liberties groups, feminists, liberals, aliens, and Jews. Their rhetoric and power made for devastating weapons in their systematic war for control of the country against progressive causes. But, as Fischer shows, the term spider web far more accurately described the anticommunist movement than it did the makeup and operations of international communism. Fischer details how anticommunist myths and propaganda influenced mainstream politics in America, and how its ongoing efforts paved the way for the McCarthyite 1950s and augured the conservative backlash that would one day transform American politics"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-327) and index. 505 0 $a Chapter 1. The Origins of American Anticommunism, ca. 1860-1917 -- Chapter 2. The First World War and the Origins of the Red Scare -- Chapter 3. Here Come the Bolsheviks! : The Russian Revolution and the Red Scare -- Chapter 4. The Spider Web Chart -- Chapter 5. Mapping a Political Network : The Anticommunist Spider Web -- Chapter 6. John Bond Trevor, Radicals, Eugenics, and Immigration -- Chapter 7. Jacob Spolansky : The Rise of the Career Anticommunist Spook -- Chapter 8. The Better America Federation and Big Business's War on Labor -- Chapter 9. Political Repression and Culture War -- Chapter 10. Anticommunism and Political Terror -- Chapter 11. The Mythology of Anticommunism -- Chapter 12. Antidemocracy and Authoritarianism -- Conclusion: Legacies of the Spider Web -- Afterword. 650 0 $a Anti-communist movements $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Conservatism $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Myth $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Propaganda $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1919-1933. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1933-1945. 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200402014138.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213013722.0 952 $l PGAX715 $d 20181012092531.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6117D2528B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search