Governmental Declassification and the Revision of Recent American History: The Case of the McCarthy Era.

The McCarthy Era is one of the best-known periods of recent American history. Decades have passed but the memory of what happened is still vivid and the famous question "are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" still resonates. Few areas of American history have been covered a...

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Published in:	International Journal of the Humanities Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 97 - 108
Main Author:	Kouki, Samia
Format:	Article
Published:	Common Ground Research Networks 2011
Subjects:	Venona project (Espionage) Communist parties Cold War, 1945-1991 Historical revisionism National security Civil rights United States history McCarthyism United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost