{"product_id":"menace-of-our-time-aaron-j-leonard-9781978841802","title":"Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism","description":"Beginning at the turn of the century, and ending only with communism's collapse, the US government and major elements in the wider society undertook an unrelenting effort to suppress and criminalize domestic communism. This book tracks those efforts; from the state laws of the twenties that imprisoned the fledgling communist leadership, the efforts by police and local authorities against communists as they fought for unions, racial equality, and the unemployed, the trials and imprisonment of communist leaders mid-century, the extra-legal efforts of the Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) in the sixties, and the ongoing, relentless attention by the FBI afterward. This is a long-overdue book about the most extensive, repressive effort ever undertaken by US authorities against a political organization that, however problematic, was largely operating within the scope of constitutionally mandated freedoms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron J. Leonard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978841809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978841802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Aaron J. Leonard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47087722529023,"sku":"9781978841802","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bff63fd4-c08d-43c4-8b59-199dc2c288da.jpg?v=1753850606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/menace-of-our-time-aaron-j-leonard-9781978841802","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}