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Of G-men and eggheads : the FBI and the New York intellectuals Cover Image Book Book

Of G-men and eggheads : the FBI and the New York intellectuals

Rodden, John (author.).

Summary: "During the Cold War, dissent against U.S. international policy was looked upon as inherently suspicious. No one was more suspicious than outspoken left-leaning intellectuals, especially those who lived in Manhattan. For national security reasons, the federal government expended considerable resources surveilling men and women who might harbor communist sympathies and exert influence over others. In this book, John Rodden reveals how the FBI and CIA kept track of three highly regarded New York intellectuals--Lionel Trilling, Dwight Macdonald, and Irving Howe"--

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  • ISBN: 9780252040474
  • ISBN: 0252040473
  • ISBN: 9780252081941
  • ISBN: 0252081943
  • ISBN: 9780252098901
  • Physical Description: print
    xi, 132 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: The Tradition of the New -- Intellectuals and Intelligence Services : The Partisan Review Writers under the Watchful Eye of the FBI -- An Unlikely Suspect : Lionel Trilling, Stalinist Fellow Traveler? -- From FBI Nose-Tweaker to CIA "Stooge" to LBJ's Nemesis : Dwight Macdonald, a "Critical (Un?)American" -- Wanted by the FBI? : Irving Horenstein, #7384A aka "Revolutionary Conspirator" Irving Howe -- Epilogue: The Orwellian Future?

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Subject: Trilling, Lionel 1905-1975
Macdonald, Dwight
Howe, Irving
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation History 20th century
Intellectuals Political activity New York (State) New York History 20th century
New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 20th century
Dissenters New York (State) New York Biography
Espionage New York (State) History 20th century
Intelligence service United States History 20th century
Cold War Social aspects United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism
Howe, Irving
Macdonald, Dwight
Trilling, Lionel 1905-1975
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Cold War (1945-1989)
Dissenters
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Intellectuals Political activity
Intelligence service
Politics and government
Social aspects
New York (State)
New York (State) New York
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Genre: Biography.
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