Ebook: McCarthyism and Postwar America: The Reality and Mythology of the Red Scare

In this succinct text, Jonathan Michaels examines the rise of anti-Communist sentiment in the postwar United States, exploring the factors that facilitated McCarthyism and assessing the long-term effects on U.S. politics and culture. McCarthyism and Postwar America offers an analysis of the ways in which fear of Communism manifested in daily American life, giving readers a rich understanding of this era of postwar American history. Including primary documents and a companion website, Michaels text presents a fully integrated picture of McCarthyism and the cultural climate of the U.S. in the aftermath of the Second World War.

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