Witch Hunt: The Cold War, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Scare

This overview examines McCarthyism and the Red Scare in post-World War II America. It opens with a 1953 newspaper report about efforts to remove Robin Hood from school textbooks because redistributing wealth was treated as communist. Through vignettes, the book portrays the fear and political witch-hunts surrounding communism during the Cold War. Its historical account emphasizes that events can be remembered in more than one way and uses a “fly on the wall” approach to present key people, headlines, and interviews. Black-and-white line illustrations add historical context.