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Red scare : FBI and the origins of anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943 / Regin Schmidt.
Van Pelt Library E743.5 .S363 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schmidt, Regin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--History.
- United States.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Intelligence service--United States--History--20th century.
- Intelligence service.
- History.
- Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Anti-communist movements.
- Internal security--United States--History--20th century.
- Internal security.
- United States--Politics and government--1919-1933.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 391 pages ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- FBI and the origins of anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943
- Place of Publication:
- Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2000.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: FBI and the Politics of Anticommunism 9
- The Literature on the FBI 10
- Theories on the Development of the FBI's Political Role 14
- The Theses 18
- The Sources 20
- 2. The Origins of the Red Scare 24
- 1919: The Revolution That Never Was 24
- An Apathetic Opinion 28
- The Business Offensive 32
- The Patriotic Right 35
- The Sensationalistic Press 36
- The States Crack Down 38
- "The Search for Order" 40
- The Bureau of Investigation and "the Administrative State" 43
- The Federalization of Political Surveillance 50
- Controlling the Aliens 55
- The Betrayal of the Blacks 59
- The War Against Radical Labor 69
- The Wilson Administration and the Red Scare 72
- 3. The Bureau and the Red Scare 83
- The Bureau and the Drive for Bureaucratic Expansion 83
- The Personification of Social Unrest 86
- The Bureau Network and Political Associationalism 95
- The Bureau and the Patriotic Right 96
- The Bridgman Affair 102
- The Centralia Massacre 105
- The Destruction of the World War Veterans 109
- Following the Federal Lead: The Bureau and the States 115
- The Bureau and the Lusk Committee 123
- 4. Constructing the Red Scare 126
- Assessing the Revolutionary Danger: The Seattle General Strike 126
- Publicizing the Revolutionary Danger: The Overman Committee 136
- Keeping the Files Up to Date 146
- "The Anarchist Fighters": The Bombscare of 1919 148
- Financing the Red Scare: The Bureau and the Congress 152
- Organizing the Red Scare 158
- 5. 1919: Containing the Social Unrest 167
- "The Government is Watching" 167
- Defending the Racial Order 179
- The Red Summer of 1919 183
- The Surveillance of Black Radicals 195
- Strikebreaking 204
- Protecting the National Economy 212
- The Boston Police Strike 216
- The Steel Strike 218
- The Coal Strike 227
- The Surveillance of Organized Labor 234
- 6. The Palmer Raids: Deporting Political Ideas 236
- The Poindexter Resolution 237
- The Origins of the Deportation Campaign 244
- "A Vigorous and Comprehensive Campaign" 251
- The Bureau Crusade: Banishing Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman 257
- Rounding Up the Usual Suspects: The URW Raids 262
- Publicizing the Radical Menace 271
- The Sedition Bill 276
- "To Protect the Government's Interests" 278
- Destroying Communism in America: The January 1920 Raids 290
- 7. The Decline and fall of the Red Scare 300
- The Labor Department Insurrection 301
- The Bureau Strikes Back 308
- In Defense of Civil Liberties 312
- Congress Investigates 313
- The Bureau Oversteps the Line 317
- 8. Aftermath: The FBI and Presidential Politics 324
- The End of Political Surveillance 324
- The Bureau and the Origins of Presidential Intelligence, 1921-33 331
- FDR, the New Deal and the FBI: The Threat From the Right 340
- The Dies Committee, 1938-43 349
- A "Suicide Squad" Against the Fifth Column 355
- Conclusion: The FBI and Political Surveillance: From the Red Scare to the Cold War 361
- The Question About the Nature of the Communist Threat 361
- The FBI and the Federalization of Political Surveillance, 1919-43 362
- FBI and the Second Red Scare 365
- "The Most Dangerous Agency in the Country" 368.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-388) and index.
- ISBN:
- 8772895810
- OCLC:
- 45037963
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