Red Scare:FBI and the Origins of Anticommunism in the United States

• Main Author: Regin Schmidt (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Museum Tusculanum Press 2004
• Subjects: Society & social sciences; Political science & theory; Law; strike; 20th century; staten; usa; antikommunisme; anarchism; trade unions; fbi; politik; history; anti-communism; 20. årh.; anarkisme; politics, social science, law; administration; strejke; state, the; english; hoover, j. edgar; patriotisme; forvaltning; fagforeninger; hoover,j. edgar; patriotism; samfunds­videnskaberne og politik; historie; political philosophy; engelsk
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The anticommunist crusade of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its legendary director J. Edgar Hoover during the McCarthy era and the Cold War has attracted much attention from historians during the last decades, but little has been known about the Bureau's political activities during its...