Red Scare in Court

by Sabin, Arthur J.; Fast, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780812217049
• ISBN10: 0812217047
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr

Summary

A meticulously detailed historical account of one of the casualties of the Cold War politics of the 1950s. Arthur J. Sabin has had unprecedented access to the files of both sides, thus providing a rare "behind the scenes" portrait of the case.

Author Biography

Arthur J. Sabin is Professor of Law at the John Marshall Law School.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
A Note on Sources	p. xix
Cold War-Red Scare in Perspective	p. 1
The First Twenty Years	p. 10
The Place and the Players	p. 25
The Formal Hearing	p. 46
Into Foley Square	p. 77
Trial Strategy and the Paid Informer	p. 104
Ex-Communist, Ex-IWO Vice-President	p. 115
The State's Case Continues	p. 130
The Role of the Press; The State Continues Its Case	p. 154
Two Anti-Communist Stars	p. 176
The Defense Begins--Haley as Architect	p. 200
A Movie, A Founder, and an Administrator	p. 218
An Artist and a Black Activist	p. 249
With the End in Sight	p. 267
Judge Greenberg Decides	p. 284
On Appeal	p. 308
To the Supreme Court and Beyond	p. 333
Retrospectives	p. 351
Afterword	p. 361
Index	p. 363
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