The fear within : spies, Commies, and American democracy on trial / Scott Martelle.

Author/creator Martelle, Scott, 1958-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxvii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Contentebrary
Subjects
Dennis, Eugene, 1905-1961--Trials, litigation, etc.
Communist Party of the United States of America--History.
United States. Alien Registration Act, 1940.
Communist Trial, New York, N.Y., 1949.
Communist trials--United States.
Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--United States.
Anti-communist movements--United States. --History. --20th century.
Communism--United States. --History. --20th century.
United States--Politics and government. --1945-1953.

Contents Fear, and Howard Smith's law -- From spies to speeches -- A sudden and violent storm -- The judge, and the mood -- Battle lines and battle scars -- The trial opens -- Deserters and spies -- Stool pigeons and turncoats -- The defense -- The Peekskill Riots -- Guilty -- In the wind -- Hollow vindication.
Abstract The author tells the story behind a 1948 FBI roundup of twelve men in New York city, Chicago, and Detroit, whom the U.S. government believed posed a grave threat to the nation as the leadership of the Communist Party-USA.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-283) and index.
LCCN 2010021010
ISBN9780813549385 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0813549388 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks KF221.C55 M37 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold