American anticommunism : combating the enemy within, 1830-1970

This succinct and sensible history shows how fear of 'Reds' was linked in the nineteenth century to the destabilizing impact of industrialization and in the twentieth century to perceptions of global insecurity. An excellent concluding chapter explains the fading of anticommunism since the days of Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Editor's Foreword Preface Part I. The Red Menace in Industrial America Chapter 1. An Ambiguous Legacy (1830-1870) Chapter 2. The Specter Emerges (1870-1900) Chapter 3. The Antianarchist Offensive (1900-1918) Chapter 4. The Big Red Scare (1918-1920) Chapter 5. One Hundred Percent Americanism (1920-1929) Part II. The Red Menace in Global America Chapter 6. The Red Menace Reaches Washington (1929-1938) Chapter 7. From Popular Front to Communist Front (1938-1948) Chapter 8. The Republican Offensive (1948-1952) Chapter 9. The Anticommunist Consensus (the1950s) Chapter 10. The Ebbing of Anticommunism? Bibliographical Essay Index