[lbo-talk] A recommendation for a book on McCarthyism and its end

Auguste Blanqui blanquist at gmail.com
Fri Mar 7 19:26:32 PST 2008


Ellen Schrecker's "Many Are the Crimes" and "No Ivory Tower" (university focused) are the standards and pretty accessible, especially the former. They also successfully emphasize the importance of Cold War liberals in "McCarthyism," before McCarthy arrived on-scene.

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 7:12 PM, John Adams <jadams01 at sprynet.com> wrote:
> My wife is asking if there's a good book on that period, particularly
> on the end of McCarthyism. Any suggestions? She's a smart general
> reader without a lot of political knowledge.
>
> John A
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