Revealing the legacy of the 1930s for the war years and the McCarthy era, this book explores the personal impact of hard political reality with which the author himself has been so well acquainted. It follows Carl Myers, who progresses from an objective interest in scientific problems to a concern with the human implications of those problems.
Revealing the legacy of the 1930s for the war years and the McCarthy era, this book explores the personal impact of hard political reality with which ...
When he was summoned before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1951, Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (1911-1999) was labeled "a very dangerous citizen" by Harold Velde, a congressman from Illinois. Lawyer, educator, novelist, labor organizer, radio and television scriptwriter, film director and screenwriter, wartime intelligence operative, and full-time radical romantic, Polonsky was blacklisted in Hollywood for refusing to be an informer. The New York Times called his blacklisting the single greatest loss to American film during the McCarthy era, and his expressed admirers...
When he was summoned before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1951, Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (1911-1999) was labeled "a very dangerous ...
