Red Scare in the Green Mountains

IPPY Award for Best Regional History

Reader's Favorite Award

What happened in Vermont when the anti-Communist fear known as the "Red Scare" swept the country? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Rick Winston explores some forgotten history as we see how a small, rural "rock-ribbed Republican" state with a historically libertarian streak handled the hysteria of the time. Far from the klieg lights of Washington D.C., Hollywood, and New York City, the Green Mountain state challenged the national narrative with its own fascinating stories. Here are nine of the most gripping dramas played out in Vermont during "scoundrel time," including a high-profile academic firing, controversies involving left-leaning summer residents, courageous newspaper editors who spoke out against McCarthy's tactics, and a conservative senator who helped take down Joseph McCarthy. Now, as our country again experiences a political atmosphere charged with intolerance, condemnation, and widespread falsehoods, this book could not be more timely.

IPPY Award for Best Regional History

Reader's Favorite Award

What happened in Vermont when the anti-Communist fear known as the "Red Scare" swept the country? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Rick Winston explores some forgotten history as we see how a small, rural "rock-ribbed Republican" state with a historically libertarian streak handled the hysteria of the time. Far from the klieg lights of Washington D.C., Hollywood, and New York City, the Green Mountain state challenged the national narrative with its own fascinating stories. Here are nine of the most gripping dramas played out in Vermont during "scoundrel time," including a high-profile academic firing, controversies involving left-leaning summer residents, courageous newspaper editors who spoke out against McCarthy's tactics, and a conservative senator who helped take down Joseph McCarthy.  Now, as our country again experiences a political atmosphere charged with intolerance, condemnation, and widespread falsehoods, this book could not be more timely.

Table of Contents

“RED SCARE IN THE GREEN MOUNTAINS: VERMONT IN THE MCCARTHY ERA 1946-1960”

PREFACE

OVERVIEW: By Richard Hathaway

CHAPTER ONE -  1946 -  THE CONGRESSMAN AND THE PROFESSOR

CHAPTER TWO – 1948 - THE HENRY WALLACE CAMPAIGN IN VERMONT

CHAPTER THREE – 1950 - ‘A SINISTER POISON:’ THE ‘RED SCARE” COMES TO BETHEL

CHAPTER FOUR – 1953 -  DEFENDING ALEX NOVIKOFF: THE LEGACY OF ARNOLD SCHEIN

 CHAPTER FIVE – 1953-1954 -  FROM ‘PEIPING’ TO PUTNEY: THE HINTON FAMILY AND THE “RED SCARE”

CHAPTER SIX – 1954 -  THE VERMONT PRESS AND JOSEPH MCCARTHY’S DOWNFALL

CHAPTER SEVEN – 1950-1956 -  BERNARD O’SHEA AND THE SWANTON COURIER

CHAPTER EIGHT – 1951-1960 -  MEANWHILE, ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER….

CHAPTER NINE -  1958-1960 -  THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNS OF WILLIAM MEYER

AFTERWORD

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