Red Scare

Don E. Carleton is Executive Director of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. He also holds the university’s J. R. Parten Chair in the Archives of American History. Carleton has published eight books, including Conversations with Cronkite, and he was executive producer of the award-winning PBS documentary When I Rise.

• ForewordPrefacePrologue1. A Nervous New Civilization2. Voices from the Left3. Fear and Money4. Red Scare Activists Organize5. The Red Scare Begins6. The Red Scare and the Schools7. The Victim Is a Symbol: The George W. Ebey Affair8. “Oveta Doesn’t Brook Back-Talk”9. Demagogues in Austin: McCarthy at San Jacinto10. Bertie and the Board11. Conclusion: Beyond the Red ScareEssay on SourcesNotesIndex

Red Scare was first published in 1985. Its message is very important in this day of groups thinking others are unpatriotic and wanting to do away with traditional values. Differing opinions do not mean others are un-American and the book makes that point very well. - Jerry Turner