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Red scare : FBI and the origins of anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943 / Regin Schmidt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schmidt, Regin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Anti-communist movements.
- Intelligence service--United States--History--20th century.
- Intelligence service.
- Internal security--United States--History--20th century.
- Internal security.
- United States--Politics and government--1919-1933.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (391 pages)
- 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.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The anticommunist crusade of the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not start with the Cold War. Based on research in the early files of the FBI's predecessor, the Bureau of Investigation, the author describes how the federal security officials played a decisive role in bringing about the first anticommunist hysteria in the US, the Red Scare in 1919 to 1920. The Bureau's political role, it is argued, originated in the attempt by the modern federal state during the early decades of the 20th century to regulate and control any organised opposition to the political, economic and social order.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction The FBI and the Politics of Anticommunism
- 2 The Origins of the Red Scare
- 3 The Bureau and the Red Scare
- 4 Constructing the Red Scare
- 5 1919: Containing the Social Unrest
- 6 The Palmer Raids: Deporting Political Ideas
- 7 The Decline and Fall of the Red Scare
- 8 Aftermath: The FBI and Presidential Politics
- Conclusion: The FBI and Political Surveillance: From the Red Scare to the Cold War
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index of Names.
- Notes:
- English revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--Univ. of Copenhagen, 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-388) and index.
- OCLC:
- 70770695
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