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"Communazis" : FBI surveillance of German emigré writers

by Alexander Stephan

Drawing on declassified FBI records, this work examines US government surveillance of German exiles during World War II and the McCarthy era. It explores the monitoring of anti-Nazi intellectuals amidst widespread xenophobia and political paranoia.

Accession 20496 ISBN 0300082029 Publisher Yale University Press
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