Red Hunting in the Promised Land
Anticommunism and the Making of America

Examines the roots of America's anticommunist frenzy. What amounted to an American civil religion for nearly 50 years was at least as much a spiritual as a political phenomenon. It succeeded because it mobilized fears about America's own social and individual identities against a demonized enemy.

What amounted to an American civil religion for nearly half a century was at least as much a spiritual as a political phenomenon. It succeeded because it mobilized fears about America's own social and individual identities against a demonized enemy. This book deploys psychoportraits of leading politicians and ideologues to trace the evolution of anticommunism from the time of the Bolshevik Revolution to the denouement of the "Evil Empire" in the age of Reagan and Bush. Joel Kovel is the author of "White Racism", "A complete Guide to Therapy" and "The Age of Desire".