Red scare: FBI and the origins of anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943

• 1.
• Introduction: FBI and the Politics of Anticommunism
• p. 9

• The Literature on the FBI
• p. 10

• Theories on the Development of the FBI's Political Role
• p. 14

• The Theses
• p. 18

• The Sources
• p. 20

• 2.
• The Origins of the Red Scare
• p. 24

• 1919: The Revolution That Never Was
• p. 24

• An Apathetic Opinion
• p. 28

• The Business Offensive
• p. 32

• The Patriotic Right
• p. 35

• The Sensationalistic Press
• p. 36

• The States Crack Down
• p. 38

• "The Search for Order"
• p. 40

• The Bureau of Investigation and "the Administrative State"
• p. 43

• The Federalization of Political Surveillance
• p. 50

• Controlling the Aliens
• p. 55

• The Betrayal of the Blacks
• p. 59

• The War Against Radical Labor
• p. 69

• The Wilson Administration and the Red Scare
• p. 72

• 3.
• The Bureau and the Red Scare
• p. 83

• The Bureau and the Drive for Bureaucratic Expansion
• p. 83

• The Personification of Social Unrest
• p. 86

• The Bureau Network and Political Associationalism
• p. 95

• The Bureau and the Patriotic Right
• p. 96

• The Bridgman Affair
• p. 102

• The Centralia Massacre
• p. 105

• The Destruction of the World War Veterans
• p. 109

• Following the Federal Lead: The Bureau and the States
• p. 115

• The Bureau and the Lusk Committee
• p. 123

• 4.
• Constructing the Red Scare
• p. 126

• Assessing the Revolutionary Danger: The Seattle General Strike
• p. 126

• Publicizing the Revolutionary Danger: The Overman Committee
• p. 136

• Keeping the Files Up to Date
• p. 146

• "The Anarchist Fighters": The Bombscare of 1919
• p. 148

• Financing the Red Scare: The Bureau and the Congress
• p. 152

• Organizing the Red Scare
• p. 158

• 5.
• 1919: Containing the Social Unrest
• p. 167

• "The Government is Watching"
• p. 167

• Defending the Racial Order
• p. 179

• The Red Summer of 1919
• p. 183

• The Surveillance of Black Radicals
• p. 195

• Strikebreaking
• p. 204

• Protecting the National Economy
• p. 212

• The Boston Police Strike
• p. 216

• The Steel Strike
• p. 218

• The Coal Strike
• p. 227

• The Surveillance of Organized Labor
• p. 234

• 6.
• The Palmer Raids: Deporting Political Ideas
• p. 236

• The Poindexter Resolution
• p. 237

• The Origins of the Deportation Campaign
• p. 244

• "A Vigorous and Comprehensive Campaign"
• p. 251

• The Bureau Crusade: Banishing Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman
• p. 257

• Rounding Up the Usual Suspects: The URW Raids
• p. 262

• Publicizing the Radical Menace
• p. 271

• The Sedition Bill
• p. 276

• "To Protect the Government's Interests"
• p. 278

• Destroying Communism in America: The January 1920 Raids
• p. 290

• 7.
• The Decline and fall of the Red Scare
• p. 300

• The Labor Department Insurrection
• p. 301

• The Bureau Strikes Back
• p. 308

• In Defense of Civil Liberties
• p. 312

• Congress Investigates
• p. 313

• The Bureau Oversteps the Line
• p. 317

• 8.
• Aftermath: The FBI and Presidential Politics
• p. 324

• The End of Political Surveillance
• p. 324

• The Bureau and the Origins of Presidential Intelligence, 1921-33
• p. 331

• FDR, the New Deal and the FBI: The Threat From the Right
• p. 340

• The Dies Committee, 1938-43
• p. 349

• A "Suicide Squad" Against the Fifth Column
• p. 355

• Conclusion: The FBI and Political Surveillance: From the Red Scare to the Cold War
• p. 361

• The Question About the Nature of the Communist Threat
• p. 361

• The FBI and the Federalization of Political Surveillance, 1919-43
• p. 362

• FBI and the Second Red Scare
• p. 365

• "The Most Dangerous Agency in the Country"
• p. 368

• Abbreviations
• p. 369

• Bibliography
• p. 370

• Index of Names
• p. 389