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The committee

by Walter Goodman

United StatesUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American ActivitiesCommunismPolitical persecutionSubversive activitiesAnti-communist movementsHistoryUnited States Congress House Committee on Un-American Activities

A history of the committee from its origins in the Palmer Raids of the 1920's, through the rise of Communist and Fascist groups in the 1930's, culminating in the McCarthyism of the 1950's, and continuing into the investigations of civil rights and peace organizations of the 1960's. Includes photos of major figures.

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Book data: Open Library