Historian David K. Johnson relates the story of how, during the cold war, homosexuals were considered as dangerous a threat to national security as Communists. This work shatters the myth that homosexuality has only recently become a national political issue.

Historian David K. Johnson tells the frightening, untold story of how, during the Cold War, homosexuals were considered as dangerous a threat to national security as Communists, and how a witch hunt as vicious as the McCarthy hearings destroyed hundreds of homes, careers, and even lives.