Politics of Fear
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academic political studies
American anticommunism
American conservatism
American democracy in crisis
American political culture
American political legacy
analysis of political demagogues
anti-communist campaigns
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authoritarian tendencies in democracy
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civic courage and dissent
civil liberties and repression
Cold War anxieties
Cold War history
Cold War political ideology
cultural politics of the Cold War
demagogic leadership
democratic institutions under threat
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fear and democracy
fear-based governance
government overreach
historical context of McCarthyism
historical perspective on propaganda
historical political analysis
historical political movements
historical political narrative
historical reflections on fear
historical revisionism
ideological conflict
legacy of the Red Scare
mass persuasion
media and politics
modern interpretations of anticommunism
national security politics
political accountability
political extremism
political manipulation
political paranoia
political psychology of fear
political rhetoric
political witch hunts
politics and public discourse
populist movements
postwar American politics
propaganda and fear
public opinion and fear
Red Scare era
rise of political populism
social conformity in the 1950s
twentieth-century U.S. history
U.S. history scholarship
U.S. Senate history
Product details
- ISBN 9780870235559
- Weight: 475g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 30 Oct 1987
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Originally published in 1970 and now a classic in its field, The Politics of Fear traces the rise and fall of one of America's most notorious political demagogues. Robert Griffith concludes that McCarthy's enormous power owed less to the force of the senator's unique personality than to the issues and symbols with which he identified and that McCarthy was the product, not the progenitor, of the post-war politics of anticommunism. For this edition, Griffith has provided a new introduction covering the recent literature on McCarthyism and the changing views on the topic.
