With a New Afterword by the Authorâ??An astonishing work concerning personal honor and dishonor, shame and shamelessness. A book of stunning insights and suspense.â? â??Studs TerkelHalf a century later, the investigation of Hollywood radicals by the House Committee on Un-American Activities still haunts the public conscience. Naming Names, reissued here with a new afterword by the author, is the definitive account of the hearings, a National Book Award winner widely hailed as a classic. Victor S. Navasky adroitly dissects the motivations for the investigation and offers a poignant analysis of its consequences. Focusing on the movie-studio workers who avoided blacklists only by naming names at the hearings, he explores the terrifying dilemmas of those who informed and the tragedies of
… read more...those who were informed on. Drawing on interviews with more than 150 people called to testifyâ??among them Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner Jr., and Arthur Millerâ??Naming Names presents a compelling portrait of how the blacklists operated with such chilling efficiency.Read More read less...