Look back at actions of former Harvard president Nathan Pusey, who took on Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Red Scare.

As with earlier Red Scares, Democrats laid the groundwork for the current crackdown on dissent.

In his latest book, journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator ...

Simon & SchusterIn 1938, the US Congress interrogated theatre directors who produced plays for President Roosevelt's Federal ...

McCarthyism advertised itself as a response to national security threats created by the Cold War, including Soviet espionage.

First, I guess for our audience that might not have paid attention in history class, the Red Scare ... Ultimately, Joe McCarthy, senator from Wisconsin is the best example of this, and lent ...

RED SCARE: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern ... Murrow ran damning footage of the red-baiting Wisconsin senator, who appeared hectoring and disheveled to viewers.

So by the time the Red Scare started, we were talking about ghosts of the past, and yet the people we were going after were in the present. INSKEEP: What was the motivation of people like Senator ...

WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST LAST YEAR, SENATOR VANCE ... THE BOOK IS CALLED RED SCARE, BLACKLIST, McCARTHYISM AND THE MAKING OF MODERN AMERICA.

We begin with New York Times reporter Clay Risen talking about his newest book "Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America." To fill out the hour, we replay a portion of a ...