CONTENTS
 


 

Introduction by h. h. wrLsoN
 

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Author's Preface
 

1
 

1     The Ideal of Civil Liberties
 

5
 

2    Clash with the Un-American Activities Committee
 

19
 

3    My Challenge to McCarthy
 

33
 

4    The Congressional Inquisition
 

49
 

5    Suppression through Law
 

82
 

6    The Loyalty-Security Program
 

121
 

7    Police State in the Making
 

142
 

8    The States on the Trail of Subversion
 

167
 

9    The Drive against Cultural Freedom
 

187
 

10    The Assault on Academic Freedom
 

218
 

11     Conform—or Lose Your Job
 

243
 

12    The Decline of the Civil Liberties Union
 

a6i
 

13    Is the Tide Turning?
 

288
 

Notes
 

293
 

Selected Bibhography
 

303
 

Index
 

307