2024/04/16 Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Robin Hood, Witches, and Commies -- The Depression, Fascism, and the Special Committee on Un-American Activities -- Destroyer of Worlds -- The American Dream...Whoops, Not So Fast -- Civil Rights, Truman, and Enter Tail Gunner Joe -- Teachers, Beware -- Are Communists Hiding in Hollywood? -- Red List, Gray List, Everybody's Got a List -- Real People, Real Fear -- The Berlin Airlift and the Start of Politics on TV -- Communist Spies and Truman Loses (or Did He?) -- The Perfect Man to Light the Fire -- Duckand Cover : Russia Gets the Bomb -- Police Action in Korea -- The Rosenberg Spy Case -- I Like Ike -- An Execution -- Batman Gets His Robin, and Robin Gets His Robin -- The Lavender Scare -- "I Love Lucy" and "See It Now" -- Spies in New Jersey -- Cohn Goes Too Far and the White House Sets a Trap -- McCarthy Hunts for Commies and Bags a Dentist -- The Noose Around McCarthy's Neck Gets Tighter -- Joe McCarthy and His Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week -- Roy Cohn Punches Back -- The Army-McCarthyHearings : Television Sensation of the Century -- Have You No Sense of Decency? -- McCarthy's Censure and Then His End -- Witch Hunts Didn't End.
Summary:
"A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so they turned on each other--pointing fingers at neighbors, friends, and even family. Told through a unique and inviting screenplay-format, brought to life with dozens of illustrations by Tim Foley, and comprised almost entirely of quotes derived from primary sources, Witch Hunt recounts the political craze that gripped America during the Red Scare when McCarthyism forced people to go to extraordinary lengths to keep themselves and their families safe from persecution against their own government"-- Provided by publisher.
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