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Spider web : the birth of American anticommunism /

The McCarthy-era witch hunts marked the culmination of an anticommunist crusade launched after the First World War. With Bolshevism triumphant in Russia and public discontent shaking the United States, conservatives at every level of government and business created a network dedicated to sweeping aw...

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Main Author:	Fischer, Nick (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Anti-communist movements > United States > History > 20th century. Conservatism > United States > History > 20th century. Myth > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century. Propaganda > United States > History > 20th century. United States > Politics and government > 1919-1933. United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.

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