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Alien ink : the FBI's war on freedom of expression  Cover Image Book Book

Alien ink : the FBI's war on freedom of expression

Robins, Natalie S. (Author).

Summary: Alien Ink is the most comprehensive book yet written on how the Federal Bureau of Investigation waged war against American writers and readers from the early years of this century. As Natalie Robins reveals for the first time, this assault on freedom of expression began long before iron-fisted J. Edgar Hoover joined the Justice Department and made his name synonymous with that of the FBI for over forty years. The war carried over into the 1980s, when librarians, as part.

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  • ISBN: 0688068855 :
  • ISBN: 9780688068851
  • Physical Description: print
    495 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : W. Morrow, c1992.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 470-477) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue -- The files -- The formal witnesses -- pt. I. The Russian Revolution and World War I. Before Hoover ; The arrival of Hoover -- pt. II. The 1920S: undeclared wars, the rise of fascism, and the Sacco-Vanzetti case. The arrival of new aliens: 1920-1929 -- pt. III. The Spanish Civil War. Images in their minds ; The search for new aliens--the 1930s ; "A little bit in awe of them" ; The "friendlies" ; The "friendlies," continued ; The "unfriendlies" ; The "unfriendlies," continued -- pt. IV. World War II and the Cold War. A broader net ; Pound, Boyle, Hecht, and Stein ; Hemingway, Wilder, Sherwood, MacLeish, and Cowley ; Rukeyser, Herbst, Porter, and Fast ; Wouk, Cozzens, Mitford, Parker, Hammett, Hellman, and Lowell -- pt. V. McCarthy's war and the Korean War. Sinister influences ; Matthiessen, Untermeyer, Hughes, and Wright ; Adams, Shapiro, and Williams ; Trilling, Agee, Capote, Gardner, and Miller -- pt. VI. The continuing Cold War and Vietnam War. The 1960s aliens ; Mailer, Ginsberg, and Frank ; Baldwin, Baraka, Schwartz, Roethke, Stout, Williams, Paley, and Doctorow -- pt. VII. After Hoover. A broader outlook: 1970-present ; Spies in the stacks -- pt. VIII. Preparing for 2000s: is the past past? "Most of damage was invisible" -- Appendix A. Writers, editors, agents, and publishers indexed by the FBI because they signed civil rights and/or antiwar protests during the 1960s -- Appendix B. Additional files -- Appendix C. An epilogue.
Subject: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
USA FBI
Authors, American 20th century Political activity
Politics and literature United States History 20th century
Censorship United States History 20th century
American literature 20th century History and criticism
War and literature United States History 20th century
Freedom of speech United States History 20th century
Recht van meningsuiting
FBI
Zensur
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