| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
495 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 470-477) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- The files -- The formal witnesses -- Pt. I. The Russian Revolution and World War I. Before Hoover ; The arrival of Hoover -- Pt. II. The 1920S: undeclared wars, the rise of fascism, and the Sacco-Vanzetti case. The arrival of new aliens: 1920-1929 -- Pt. III. The Spanish Civil War. Images in their minds ; The search for new aliens--the 1930s ; "A little bit in awe of them" ; The "friendlies" ; The "friendlies," continued ; The "unfriendlies" ; The "unfriendlies," continued -- Pt. IV. World War II and the Cold War. A broader net ; Pound, Boyle, Hecht, and Stein ; Hemingway, Wilder, Sherwood, MacLeish, and Cowley ; Rukeyser, Herbst, Porter, and Fast ; Wouk, Cozzens, Mitford, Parker, Hammett, Hellman, and Lowell -- Pt. V. McCarthy's war and the Korean War. Sinister influences ; Matthiessen, Untermeyer, Hughes, and Wright ; Adams, Shapiro, and Williams ; Trilling, Agee, Capote, Gardner, and Miller -- Pt. VI. The continuing Cold War and Vietnam War. The 1960s aliens ; Mailer, Ginsberg, and Frank ; Baldwin, Baraka, Schwartz, Roethke, Stout, Williams, Paley, and Doctorow -- Pt. VII. After Hoover. A broader outlook: 1970-present ; Spies in the stacks -- Pt. VIII. Preparing for 2000s: is the past past? "Most of damage was invisible" -- Appendix A. Writers, editors, agents, and publishers indexed by the FBI because they signed civil rights and/or antiwar protests during the 1960s -- Appendix B. Additional files -- Appendix C. An epilogue. |
| Subject |
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Political activity.
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Censorship -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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War and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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| ISBN |
0688068855: $27.50 |
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