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McCarthyism : The Realities, Delusions and Politics Behind the 1950s Red Scare, PDF eBook

McCarthyism : The Realities, Delusions and Politics Behind the 1950s Red Scare PDF

Part of the Critical Moments in American History series

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In this succinct text, Jonathan Michaels examines the rise of anti-communist sentiment in the postwar United States, exploring the factors that facilitated McCarthyism and assessing the long-term effects on US politics and culture.

McCarthyism:The Realities, Delusions and Politics Behind the 1950s Red Scare offers an analysis of the ways in which fear of communism manifested in daily American life, giving readers a rich understanding of this era of postwar American history.

Including primary documents and a companion website, Michaels’ text presents a fully integrated picture of McCarthyism and the cultural climate of the United States in the aftermath of the Second World War.

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