Resisting McCarthyism : to sign or not to sign California's loyalty oath / Bob Blauner.

Author/creator Blauner, Bob
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxx, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.
University of California (1868-1952)--History.
Loyalty oaths--California. --History. --20th century.
Academic freedom--California. --History. --20th century.
Anti-communist movements--California. --History. --20th century.
United States--Politics and government. --1945-1953.
United States--Politics and government. --1953-1961.

Contents McCarthyism and the crisis of liberalism -- Anticommunism and academic freedom between two wars. A most contradictory history -- From world war to cold war -- UCLA and the origins of the oath -- Faculty divided. The faculty resists Sproul's oath -- New leaders : Caughey, Lehman, and the NASE -- The "sign or get out" ultimatum -- From the great double cross to the alumni compromise -- The hearings at Berkeley -- The hearings at UCLA -- War in Korea and victory in the courts. Korea changed everything -- Nonsigners fired and go to court -- Warren's new oath : worse than Sproul's? -- McCarthy defeated, but his -ism lingers on -- How the oath changed a university, a nation, and peoples' lives -- Epilogue : from the loyalty oath to the free speech movement.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008041872
ISBN9780804759229 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804759227 (cloth : alk. paper)

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