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Author:

Lichtman, Robert M., 1933-

Title:

Deadly farce : Harvey Matusow and the informer system in the McCarthy era / Robert M. Lichtman and Ronald D. Cohen.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

viii, 227 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Matusow, Harvey,--1926-
Informers--United States.--Biography.
Ex-communists--United States--Biography.
False testimony--United States--History--20th century.
Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.
Communism--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.

Other Authors:

Cohen, Ronald D., 1940-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-211) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : the informers' era -- Birth of a party member -- The making of an informer -- Hitting the big time -- Blacklists and election campaigns -- Fruits of triumph -- Mixed messages -- Matusow's odyssey -- Writing and recanting -- At center stage -- Paying the piper -- Four decades of aftermath -- Epilogue : a note on the historians.

ISBN:

9780252028861 (cloth : alk. paper)
0252028864 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52377432

LCCN:

2003011714

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)