Original publication date
1999
Pages
xx; 573
Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, c1998; Princeton University paperback edition, March 1999; First Printing
Physical description
xx, 573 p.; 23.2 cm
ISBN
0691048703 / 9780691048703
Language
Original language
English
Description
The McCarthy era was a bad time for freedom in America. Encompassing far more than the brief career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, it was the most widespread episode of political repression in the history of the United States. In the name of National Security, most Americans--liberal and conservative alike--supported the anti-Communist crusade that ruined so many careers, marriages, and even lives. Now Ellen Schrecker gives us the first complete post-Cold War account of McCarthyism. Many Are the Crimes is a frightening history of an era that still resonates with us today.