Naming Names

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Protection:
Filigrane

Année de parution:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480436213

<DIV><DIV><B>Winner of the National Book Award: The definitive history of Joe McCarthy, the Hollywood blacklist, and HUAC explores the events behind the hit film <I>Trumbo</I>.</B><BR /><BR /> Drawing on interviews with over one hundred and fifty people who were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee&mdash;including Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner Jr., and Arthur Miller&mdash;award-winning author Victor S. Navasky reveals how and why the blacklists were so effective and delves into the tragic and far-reaching consequences of Joseph McCarthy&rsquo;s witch hunts.</DIV></DIV><DIV><BR /> A compassionate, insightful, and even-handed examination of one of our country&rsquo;s darkest hours,&#160;<I>Naming Names&#160;</I>is at once a morality play and a fascinating window onto a searing moment in American cultural and political history.</DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV>