British and US Anticommunism Between the World Wars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10075950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn S Olmsted (University of California, Davis, corresponding author), Kathryn Olmsted (University of California, Davis) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-108 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022009416653458 |
| OpenAlex | W2545231442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article examines the espionage and propaganda networks established by former professional spies and other anticommunist activists in the interwar period in the United States of America and the United Kingdom. In both countries, conservatives responded to the growing power of labor in politics by creating and funding private groups to coordinate spying operations on union activists and political radicals. These British and US spies drew upon the resources of the government while evading democratic controls. The anti-labor groups also spread anti-radical propaganda, but the counter-subversive texts in the UK tended to highlight the economic threats posed by radicalism, while those in the USA appealed to more visceral fears. The leaders of these anti-labur networks established a transnational alliance with their fellow anticommunists across the Atlantic decades before the beginning of the Cold War
Alliance · Cold war · Democracy · Economic history · Espionage · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |