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American Blacklist: The Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations
Robert Justin Goldstein
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Description for American Blacklist: The Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations
Hardcover. A study of the Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations (AGLOSO) and its critical role in the post - World War II Red Scare. This book demonstrates how the listed organizations and their members (including a large number of federal employees) came under suspicion, were investigated, and suffered numerous public and private penalties. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
Resonating with disturbing implications for the present, ""American Blacklist"" is the only full-length study of the so-called Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations (AGLOSO) and its critical role in the post - World War II Red Scare.Although earlier versions of AGLOSO date back as far as 1903 and were wielded by the federal government during both the post - World War I Red Scare and World War II, they were not widely publicized. But beginning in December 1947, as part of the Truman administration's loyalty program, the federal government engaged in a massive effort to publicize the AGLOSO lists. In ... Read more
Resonating with disturbing implications for the present, ""American Blacklist"" is the only full-length study of the so-called Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations (AGLOSO) and its critical role in the post - World War II Red Scare.Although earlier versions of AGLOSO date back as far as 1903 and were wielded by the federal government during both the post - World War I Red Scare and World War II, they were not widely publicized. But beginning in December 1947, as part of the Truman administration's loyalty program, the federal government engaged in a massive effort to publicize the AGLOSO lists. In ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616046
SKU
V9780700616046
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About Robert Justin Goldstein
Robert Justin Goldstein is professor emeritus of political science at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. His many books include Political Repression in Modern America: From 1870 to the Present and Flag Burning and Free Speech.
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