{"product_id":"menace-of-our-time-the-long-war-against-american-communism-hardcover","title":"Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron J. Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning at the turn of the century, and ending only with communism's collapse, the US government and major elements in the wider society undertook an unrelenting effort to suppress and criminalize domestic communism. This book tracks those efforts; from the state laws of the twenties that imprisoned the fledgling communist leadership, the efforts by police and local authorities against communists as they fought for unions, racial equality, and the unemployed, the trials and imprisonment of communist leaders mid-century, the extra-legal efforts of the Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) in the sixties, and the ongoing, relentless attention by the FBI afterward. This is a long-overdue book about the most extensive, repressive effort ever undertaken by US authorities against a political organization that, however problematic, was largely operating within the scope of constitutionally mandated freedoms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAARON J. LEONARD is an author and historian. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eHeavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Folk Singers \u0026amp; the Bureau\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMeltdown Expected: Crisis, Disorder and Upheaval at the End of the 1970s \u003c\/i\u003e(Rutgers University Press, 2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978230530349,"sku":"9781978841802","price":27.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/H7emyiNTsa9781978841802.webp?v=1775801153","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/menace-of-our-time-the-long-war-against-american-communism-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}