Alien Ink - The FBI's War on Freedom of Expression

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In this definitive sourcebook on a disgraceful chapter in American history, Robins shows how the FBI far exceeded its proper investigative role to wage war against American writers. "The definitive file on the FBI's files on writers and journalists." --Victor Navasky "Required reading for anyone interested in modern American intellectual history." --David Traxel, The New York Times Book Review "An important... entertaining book." --Alan Wolfe, The Washington Post Prologue The Files The Formal Witnesses Part One: The Russian Revolution and World War I 1. Before Hoover 2. The Arrival of Hoover Part Two: The 1920s: Undeclared Wars, the Rise of Fascism, and the Sacco-Vanzetti Case 3. The Arrival of New Aliens: 1920-1929 Part Three: The Spanish Civil War 4. Images in Their Minds 5. The Search for New Aliens—the 1930s 6. “A Little Bit in Awe of Them” 7. The “Friendlies” 8. The “Friendlies,” Continued 9. The “Unfriendlies” 10. The “Unfriendlies,” Continued Part Four: World War II and the Cold War 11. A Broader Net 12. Pound, Boyle, Hecht, and Stein 13. Hemingway, Wilder, Sherwood, MacLeish, and Cowley 14. Rukeyser, Herbst, Porter, and Fast 15. Wouk, Cozzens, Mitford, Parker, Hammett, Heilman, and Lowell Part Five: McCarthy’s War and the Korean War 16. Sinister Influences 17. Matthiessen, Untermeyer, Hughes, and Wright 18. Adams, Shapiro, and Williams 19. Trilling, Agee, Capote, Gardner, and Miller Part Six: The Continuing Cold War and the Vietnam War 20. The 1960s Aliens 21. Mailer, Ginsberg, and Frank 22. Baldwin, Baraka, Schwartz, Roethke, Stout, Williams, Paley, and Doctorow Part Seven: After Hoover 23. A Broader Outlook: 1970-Present 24. Spies in the Stacks Part Eight: Preparing for the 2000s: Is the Past Past? 25. “Most of the Damage Was Invisible” Appendix A: Writers, Editors, Agents, and Publishers Indexed by the FBI Because They Signed Civil Rights and/or Antiwar Protests During the 1960s Appendix B: Additional Files Appendix C: An Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index