Witch hunt : the Cold War, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Scare

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"A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so they turned on each other--pointing fingers at neighbors...

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ISBN:

9781250246813
1250246814

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xv, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Target Audience Note:

Ages 10-14 Roaring Brook Press
Grades 7-9 Roaring Brook Press

Other Title:

Cold War, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Scare

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Robin Hood, Witches, and Commies
The Depression, Fascism, and the Special Committee on Un-American Activities
Destroyer of Worlds
The American Dream...Whoops, Not So Fast
Civil Rights, Truman, and Enter Tail Gunner Joe
Teachers, Beware
Are Communists Hiding in Hollywood?
Red List, Gray List, Everybody's Got a List
Real People, Real Fear
The Berlin Airlift and the Start of Politics on TV
Communist Spies and Truman Loses (or Did He?)
The Perfect Man to Light the Fire
Duck and Cover : Russia Gets the Bomb
Police Action in Korea
The Rosenberg Spy Case
I Like Ike
An Execution
Batman Gets His Robin, and Robin Gets His Robin
The Lavender Scare
"I Love Lucy" and "See It Now"
Spies in New Jersey
Cohn Goes Too Far and the White House Sets a Trap
McCarthy Hunts for Commies and Bags a Dentist
The Noose Around McCarthy's Neck Gets Tighter
Joe McCarthy and His Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
Roy Cohn Punches Back
The Army-McCarthy Hearings : Television Sensation of the Century
Have You No Sense of Decency?
McCarthy's Censure and Then His End
Witch Hunts Didn't End

LCCN:

2023013500

Control Number:

3325329

Other Authors:

Foley, Tim, 1962- illustrator
Levy, Elizabeth, 1942- author

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