In 'American Anticommunism' Heale examines the various forms American reactions to this perceived threat have taken, from the attacks on workers in the Haymarket Riot to the widespread "witch hunts" of Senator Joe McCarthy. "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."--'Foreign Affairs.'
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
