In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy declared that the State Department was a haven for communists and traitors. Conservative journalists and politicians seized the occasion to denounce the pair as communist sympathizers and spies for the Soviet Union.
A major achievement of Cold War scholarship, and a must read for all library professionals. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.
Rosalee McReynolds was a library historian and Director of Serials and Special Collections at Loyola University in New Orleans. Louise S. Robbins, is director of the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Madison, Wisconsin.