The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government Tapa dura - 2004 - 1st Edición

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*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… Leer más

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