Title: Of G-men and eggheads
Description: "During the Cold War, dissent against U.S. international policy was looked upon as inherently suspicious. No one was more suspicious than outspoken left-leaning intellectuals, especially those who lived in Manhattan. For national security reasons, the federal government expended considerable resources surveilling men and women who might harbor communist sympathies and exert influence over others. In this book, John Rodden reveals how the FBI and CIA kept track of three highly regarded New York intellectuals--Lionel Trilling, Dwight Macdonald, and Irving Howe"--
Subjects: Politics and government, United States, Dissenters, Espionage, Intellectual life, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Intelligence service, Biography, Intellectuals, Cold War, Political activity, History, New york (n.y.), politics and government, United states, federal bureau of investigation, Intelligence service, united states, Cold war, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism
Places: United States, New York (State), New York (N.Y.), New York
People: Irving Howe, Lionel Trilling (1905-1975), Dwight Macdonald
Time periods: 20th century