American Anti-Communism

Michael Heale is reader in history at the University of Lancaster, England.

• Editor's ForewordPrefacePart I. The Red Menace in Industrial AmericaChapter 1. An Ambiguous Legacy (1830-1870)Chapter 2. The Specter Emerges (1870-1900)Chapter 3. The Antianarchist Offensive (1900-1918)Chapter 4. The Big Red Scare (1918-1920)Chapter 5. One Hundred Percent Americanism (1920-1929)Part II. The Red Menace in Global AmericaChapter 6. The Red Menace Reaches Washington (1929-1938)Chapter 7. From Popular Front to Communist Front (1938-1948)Chapter 8. The Republican Offensive (1948-1952)Chapter 9. The Anticommunist Consensus (the1950s)Chapter 10. The Ebbing of Anticommunism?Bibliographical EssayIndex

This succinct and sensible history shows how fear of 'Reds' was linked in the nineteenth century to the destabilizing impact of industrialization and in the twentieth century to perceptions of global insecurity. An excellent concluding chapter explains the fading of anticommunism since the days of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Foreign Affairs Fair-minded and dispassionate... Ends with a detailed bibliographic essay which is a thorough and valuable addition to the literature for those studying the movement of ideas in American life. Graduate students casting about for a dissertation topic could well find the essay a rewarding exercise. International Affairs