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It examines the early roots of the “Red Scare,” the origins and mechanisms of federal political surveillance, and how the state responded to radical labor, immigration, and civil dissent. The analysis follows internal policy-making, committee structures, and public narratives, then assesses the decline of the scare and its political aftereffects on presidential intelligence.","[www.ssoar.info](www.ssoar.info)  \nRed scare: FBI and the origins of anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943  \nSchmidt, Regin  \nVeröffentlichungsversion / Published Version Monographie / monograph  \nZur Verfügung gestellt in Kooperation mit / provided in cooperation with:  \nOAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)  \nEmpfohlene Zitierung / Suggested Citation:  \nSchmidt, R. (2004) . Red scare: FBI and the origins of anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943. . Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. [https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-271396](https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-271396)  \nNutzungsbedingungen:  \nDieser Text wird unter einer CC BY-NC-ND Lizenz (Namensnennung-Nicht-kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung) zur Verfügung gestellt. Nähere Auskünfte zu den CC-Lizenzen finden Sie hier:  \n[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.de](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.de)  \nTerms of use:  \nThis document is made available under a CC BY-NC-ND Licence (Attribution-Non Comercial-NoDerivatives). For more Information see:  \n[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0)  \nCopyright © Museum Tusculanum Press  \nRED SCARE  \nRegin Schmidt: Red Scare. FBI and the origins of Anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943; e-book. 2004. ISBN 87 635 0012 4  \nCopyright © Museum Tusculanum Press  \nRegin Schmidt: Red Scare. FBI and the origins of Anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943; e-book. 2004. ISBN 87 635 0012 4  \nCopyright © Museum Tusculanum Press  \nRegin Schmidt  \nRED SCARE  \nFBI  \nand the Origins of Anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943 e-Book  \nMUSEUM TUSCULANUM PRESS  \nUNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN  \n2000  \n[e-book – 2004]  \nRegin Schmidt: Red Scare. FBI and the origins of Anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943; e-book. 2004. ISBN 87 635 0012 4  \nCopyright © Museum Tusculanum Press  \nRegin Schmidt: Red Scare. FBI and the origins of Anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943; e-book  \n© Museum Tusculanum Press 2004 English revision by Joyce Kling Composition by Ole Klitgaard  \nISBN 87 635 0012 4  \nAn unchanged version in PDF format of the printed book:  \nRegin Schmidt: Red Scare © Museum Tusculanum Press 2000 English revision by Joyce Kling Composition by Ole Klitgaard  \nCover design by Henrik Maribo Pedersen  \nPrinted in Denmark by Narayana Press, Gylling ISBN 87 7289 581 0  \nSupervisors:  \nInga Floto and Niels Bjerre Poulsen  \nPublished with the support of  \nThe Danish Research Council for the Humanities and  \nUnibank-fonden  \nMuseum Tusculanum Press University of Copenhagen Njalsgade 92  \nDK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark  \n[www.mtp.dk](www.mtp.dk)  \nRegin Schmidt: Red Scare. FBI and the origins of Anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943; e-book. 2004. ISBN 87 635 0012 4  \nCopyright © Museum Tusculanum Press  \nContents  \n1. 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