American hysteria the untold story of mass political extremism in the United States
Defining hysteria : what it is...and what it isn'tAmerica's first time : Jedidiah Morse and the anti-Illuminati movement -- The anti-Masons : the disappearance of William Morgan and the rise of third party politics -- The Red Scare : A. Mitchell Palmer takes on the enemy within our gates -...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Guilford, Conn.
Lyons Press
2015
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Defining hysteria : what it is...and what it isn'tAmerica's first time : Jedidiah Morse and the anti-Illuminati movement -- The anti-Masons : the disappearance of William Morgan and the rise of third party politics -- The Red Scare : A. Mitchell Palmer takes on the enemy within our gates -- The dawning of McCarthyism : from communists to blacklists, one senator channels the fears of a nation -- The United States after 9/11 : the American Right and the threat of Sharia law -- The way forward : a practical guide to confronting political hysteria. "The American story of blacklists, scapegoating, conspiracies, and cover-ups that have taken over national politics throughout our history when the mainstream has adopted extremist fear that secret networks--from the Illuminati and Freemasons to Communists and Muslim terrorists--have infiltrated society and threatened destruction from within"--Provided by publisher "The American story of blacklists, scapegoating, conspiracies, and cover-ups that have taken over national politics throughout our history when the mainstream has adopted extremist fear that secret networks--from the Illuminati and Freemasons to Communists and Muslim terrorists--have infiltrated society and threatened destruction from within"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 231 S. |
| ISBN: | 9781493003341 978-1-4930-0334-1 |