Anti-communism in twentieth-century America : a critical history / Larry Ceplair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ceplair, Larry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.

Anti-communist movements.

United States.

History.

Political culture--United States--History--20th century.

Political culture.

Political activists--United States--Biography.

Political activists.

United States--Politics and government--1919-1933.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2011]

Summary:

Larry Ceplair (history, Santa Monica College) critically examines the diversity of anti-communism through-out the 20th century and argues that, betrying any univocal program, a variety of agendas wore the mask of anti-communism. He takes a quasi-encyclopedic approach to laying out his categories of anti-communism, but says it is not absolutely exchaustive and only follows major trends. He draws a line between official and unofficial anti-communism in terms of government involvement. The government had the power to spy, subpeona, prosecute and indict targets, while those outside of the government acted through boycotts, black-lists and physical aggression. He spends several chapters on anti-communism across the political spectrum, as it were, looking at conservative, liberal, left-of-liberal and civil libertarian unofficial anti-communism. His approach is still largely chronological and focuses on periods between 1919 and 1957, with final chapters on the long decline of anti-communism in the latter half of the 20th century and the resurgence of its logic in 21st-century anti-terrorism. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Official Anti-Communism, 1919-39

Unofficial Anti-Communism, 1919-39

The Second "Red Scare," 1939-41

World War II

Official Anti-Communism, 1945-48

Official Anti-Communism, 1949-57

Institutional Anti-Communism, 1945-57

Ex-Communist and Conservative Anti-Communism, 1945-57

Liberal and Left-of-Liberal Anti-Communism, 1945-57

Civil-Libertarian Anti-Communism, 1945-57

The Decline and Periodic Revivals of Domestic Anti-Communism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-352) and index.

ISBN:

9781440800474

1440800472

9781440800481

1440800480

OCLC:

712115063