{"product_id":"the-life-and-lies-of-gregory-s-taylor-9780813049205","title":"The Life and Lies of Paul Crouch: Communist, Opportunist, Cold War Snitch","description":"\"Gives greater depth to our understanding of people in the Communist Party, and in particular of those who left and gave testimony against their former comrades.\"--Robert Korstad, author of \u003ci\u003eCivil Rights Unionism\u003c\/i\u003e \"A welcome addition to the historical literature on American anticommunism.\"--Jeff Woods, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Struggle, Red Scare\u003c\/i\u003e \"Incisive, provocative, thoughtful, jargon-free, a good read. A balanced comprehensible account that weaves together Crouch's life and his era's complex, confused political history.\"--Daniel Leab, author of \u003ci\u003eI Was a Communist for the FBI: The Life and Unhappy Times of Matt Cvetic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Paul Crouch (1903-1955) was a naïve, ill-educated recruit who found a family, a livelihood, and a larger romantic cause in the Communist Party. He spent more than fifteen years organizing American workers, meeting with Soviet leaders, and trying to infiltrate the U.S. military with Communist soldiers. As public perceptions of Communism shifted after WWII, Crouch's economic failures, greed, and desire for fame morphed him into a vehement ideologue for the anti-Communist movement. \u003cbr\u003eDuring five years as a paid government informer, he named Robert Oppenheimer, Charlie Chaplin, and many others as Communists, asserted that the Communist conspiracy had reached the very doorsteps of the White House, and claimed the civil rights movement was Communist inspired. In 1954, much of Crouch's testimony was exposed as perjury, but he remained defiant to the end. \u003cbr\u003eHow, and why, one individual--once known as the most dangerous man in America--could become a loyal foot soldier on both sides of the Cold War ideological divide is the subject of this fascinating, incisive biography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory S. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813049202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813049205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Gregory S. Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48457727344895,"sku":"9780813049205","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0284461-85b8-49c0-a041-14e9b70a0670.jpg?v=1777400678","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-and-lies-of-gregory-s-taylor-9780813049205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}