Deadly farce : Harvey Matusow and the informer system in the McCarthy era

Deadly farce : Harvey Matusow and the informer system in the McCarthy era / Robert M. Lichtman and Ronald D. Cohen.

Author/creator	Lichtman, Robert M., 1933-
Other author/creator	Cohen, Ronald D., 1940-2022
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2004.
Description	viii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Matusow, Harvey, 1926-2002 Informers--United States --Biography. Ex-communists--United States --Biography. False testimony--United States --History --20th century. Anti-communist movements--United States --History --20th century. Communism--United States --History --20th century. United States--Politics and government --1945-1953.

Contents	The informers' era -- Birth of a party member -- The making of an informer -- Hitting the big time -- Blacklists and election campaigns -- Fruits of triumph -- Mixed messages -- Matusow's odyssey -- Writing and recanting -- At center stage -- Paying the piper -- Four decades of aftermath -- Epilogue : a note on the historians.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-211) and index.
LCCN	2003011714
ISBN	0252028864 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN	9780252028861 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN	0252075161 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780252075162 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E743.5 .M36 L53 2004	✔ Available	Place Hold