Featured White Papers
- Enterprise PBX buyer's guide (VoIP-News)
- Hosted CRM buyer's guide (Inside CRM)
- Engaging with business banking customers (Actuate Corporation)
Red parallels.(The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism)(Book Review)
American Prospect, The, November, 2005 by Greenberg, David
 | Content provided in partnership with |  |
THE AGE OF ANXIETY: MCCARTHYISM TO TERRORISM BY HAYNES JOHNSON Harcourt, 624 pages, $26.00
A MAJOR THREAT TO THE UNITED States suddenly seizes national attention. Alongside some levelheaded responses, many public figures-motivated by fear, displaced resentment, or opportunism--magnify and exploit the menace in ugly ways. Pandering to an angry, chauvinistic populism, they brand opponents, especially liberals, as unmanly, naive, or traitorous. They scorn civil liberties as luxuries in a national crisis. Meanwhile, security drills and government advisories, designed to help ...
Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.