{"product_id":"red-scare-blacklists-mccarthyism-and-the-making-of-modern-america-hardcover","title":"Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America - 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\u003eClay Risen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs relevant as it is comprehensive, \u003ci\u003eRed Scare\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of McCarthyism and the Red Scare--based in part on newly declassified sources--by an award-winning writer of history and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe film \u003ci\u003eOppenheimer\u003c\/i\u003e has awakened interest in this vital period of American history. Now, for the first time in a generation, \u003ci\u003eRed Scare\u003c\/i\u003e presents a narrative history of the anti-Communist witch hunt that gripped America in the decade following World War II. The cultural phenomenon, most often referred to as McCarthyism, was an outgrowth of the conflict between social conservatives and New Deal progressives, coupled with the terrifying onset of the Cold War. This defining moment in American history, unlike any that preceded it, was marked by an unprecedented degree of political hysteria. Drawing upon newly declassified documents, journalist Clay Risen recounts how politicians like Joseph McCarthy, with the help of an extended network of other government officials and organizations, systematically ruined thousands of lives in their deluded pursuit of alleged Communist conspiracies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with the origins of the era after WWI through to its conclusion in 1957, Risen brings to life the politics, patriotism, opportunism, courage, and delirium of those years through the lives and experiences of a cast of towering historical figures, including President Eisenhower, Roy Cohn, Paul Robeson, Robert Oppenheimer, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Richard Nixon, and many more individuals known and unknown. \u003ci\u003eRed Scare\u003c\/i\u003e takes us beyond the familiar story of McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklists to a fuller understanding of what the country went through at a time of moral questioning and perceived threat from the left, and what we were capable of doing to each other as a result. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn urgent, accessible, and important history, \u003ci\u003eRed Scare \u003c\/i\u003ereveals an all-too-familiar pattern of illiberal conspiracy-mongering and political and cultural backlash that speaks directly to the antagonism and divisiveness of our contemporary moment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eClay Risen, a reporter and editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Crowded Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2019 and a finalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Prize in Military History. He is a member of the Society of American Historians and a fellow at the Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the author of two other acclaimed books on American history, \u003ci\u003eA Nation on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bill of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as his most recent book on McCarthyism, \u003ci\u003eRed Scare\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two young children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978196287789,"sku":"9781982141806","price":29.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/DRXOcMLnm9781982141806.webp?v=1775800960","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/red-scare-blacklists-mccarthyism-and-the-making-of-modern-america-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}