Binding: Paperback
Description: A new edition of a classic work of history revealing the anti - homosexual purges of midcentury Washington. In The Lavender Scare David K. Johnson tells the frightening story of how during the Cold War homosexuals were considered as dangerous a threat to national security as Communists. Charges that the Roosevelt and Truman administrations were havens for homosexuals proved a potent political weapon sparking a Lavender Scare more vehement and long - lasting than Joseph Mc Carthy's Red Scare. Drawing on declassified documents years of research in the records of the National Archives and the FBI and interviews with former civil servants Johnson recreates the vibrant gay subculture that flourished in midcentury Washington and takes us inside the security interrogation rooms where anti - homosexual purges ruined the lives and careers of thousands of Americans. This enlarged edition of Johnson's classic work of history the winner of numerous awards and the basis for an acclaimed documentary broadcast on PBS features a new epilogue bringing the still - relevant story into the twenty - first century.
Title: The Lavender Scare The Cold War Persecution Of Gays And Lesbians In The Federal Government
Author(s): Johnson David K.
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226825724
Pages: 322 Pages, 26 Halftones
Publication Date: 3/22/2023
Category: 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000