For both cross and flag
Subtitle: Catholic Action, anti-Catholicism, and national security politics in World War II San Francisco
By: William Issel
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781439900284
Description: "In this fascinating history set before and during World War II, William Issel recounts the civil rights abuses suffered by Sylvester Andriano, an Italian American Catholic whose religious and political activism in San Francisco provoked an Anti-Catholic campaign against him. A leading figure in the Catholic Action movement, Andriano was falsely accused in state and federal Un-American Activities Committee hearings of having Fascist sympathies. .As his ordeal began, Andriano was subjected to a hostile investigation by the FBI, whose confidential informants were his political rivals. Ultimately, the U.S. Army ordered him to be relocated on the grounds that he was a security risk." "For Both Cross and Flag provides a dramatic account of what can happen when parties to urban political rivalries, rooted in religious and ideological differences, seize the opportunity provided by a wartime national security emergency to demonize their enemy as "a potentially dangerous person."" "Issel --

presents a cast of characters that includes archbishops, radicals, the Kremlin, and J. Edgar Hoover, to examine the significant role faith-based political activism played in the political culture that violated Andriano's constitutional rights. Exploring the ramifications of this story, For Both Cross and Flag presents interesting implications for contemporary events and issues relating to urban politics, ethnic groups, and religion in a time of war." --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sylvester Andriano, a Catholic attorney in San Francisco; title: Anti-Catholicism in Little Italy; title: Catholic Action, from Rome to San Francisco; title: Catholic Action theory and practice in San Francisco; title: Sylvester Andriano and Catholic Action in San Francisco; title: The Catholic Action social apostolate; title: The Catholic Action educational and moral apostolates; title: Catholic Action and communism; title: Catholic Action, European crises, and San Francisco politics; title: Andriano's ordeal: the loyalty hearings; title: Andriano's ordeal: exclusion and exile.