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McCarthyism: A Personal Account
Author(s) -
Smith M. Brewster
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1986.tb00872.x
Subject(s) - subpoena , blacklisting , political science , law , national security , psychology , mental health , psychiatry
The history of McCarthyism in the 1950s is reviewed. The author's experience in testimony under subpoena before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee and his blacklisting for ten years as a potential consultant to the National Institute of Mental Health are described, drawing in both cases on documents made available through the Freedom of Information Act.