The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays And Lesbians in the Federal Government
ISBN: 9780226401904 | 0226401901
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS
Pub. Date: 3/1/2006
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In Cold War America, Senator Joseph McCarthy enjoyed tremendous support in the fight against what he called atheistic communism. But that support stemmed less from his wild charges about communists than his more substantiated charges that "sex perverts" had infiltrated government agencies. Although now remembered as an attack on suspected disloyalty, McCarthyism introduced "moral values" into the American political arsenal. Warning of a spreading homosexual menace, McCarthy and his Republican allies learned how to win votes. Winner of three boo... MORE
| Acknowledgments | ix | ||||
| Introduction ``Panic on the Potomac'' | 1 | (14) | |||
| 15 | (26) | |||
| 41 | (24) | |||
| 65 | (14) | |||
| 79 | (22) | |||
| 101 | (18) | |||
| 119 | (28) | |||
| 147 | (32) | |||
| 179 | (30) | |||
| Epilogue | 209 | (6) | |||
| Notes | 215 | (50) | |||
| Oral History Interviews | 265 | (2) | |||
| Index | 267 |
David K. Johnson is assistant professor in the history department at the University of South Florida.
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