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The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government Hardcover - 2004 - 1st Edition
by David K. Johnson
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Throughout the month of February 1950, the charges kept changing.
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- Title The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
- Author David K. Johnson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 277
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date January 1, 2004
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780226404813 / 0226404811
- Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Cold War, Gays in the civil service - United States -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003009138
- Dewey Decimal Code 352.608
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New. *Winner of the Randy Shilts Award in Gay Nonfiction**Winner of the Herbert Hoover Book Award in U.S. History*
*Winner of the Gustavus Myers Book Award in Human Rights*
*Now an award-winning documentary film by Josh Howard, narrated by Glenn Close*
The McCarthy era is generally considered the worst period of political repression in recent American history. But while the famous question, "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" resonated in the halls of Congress, security officials were posing another question at least as frequently, if more discreetly: "Information has come to the attention of the Civil Service Commission that you are a homosexual. What comment do you care to make?"
In The Lavender Scare, historian David K. Johnson relates the frightening, untold story of how, during the Cold War, homosexuals were considered as dangerous a threat to national security as Communists. Republican charges that the Roosevelt and Truman administrations were havens for… Read More
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