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A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father

byDavid Maraniss

David Maraniss uses A Good American Family to explore the red scare and my father, moving beyond a simple overview to reveal the forces working underneath. Drawing on biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, the narrative gives A Good American Family a concrete sense of time, place, and consequence. Across the book, the red scare and my father becomes a way to examine power, adaptation, responsibility, and change within biography & autobiography and history. A Good American Family ultimately offers a nuanced guide to the evidence, the human stakes, and the consequences that make this subject worth revisiting.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781501178399