Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1980. Drawing on interviews with more than 150 people called to testify―among them Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner Jr., and Arthur Miller― Naming Names presents a compelling portrait of how the blacklists operated with such chilling efficiency. : Naming Names: In Grey and 1/4 cloth Black boards with authors initials stamped on front board. 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 those who were informed on. Navasky adroitly dissects the motivations for the investigation and offers a poignant analysis of its consequences. 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. Half a century later, the investigation of Hollywood radicals by the House Committee on Un-American Activities still haunts the public conscience. This book is the first serious attempt to capture the. 'The moral issues that continue to haunt the Hollywood blacklist generation have never been fully explored. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. He is the author of, among other books, Kennedy Justice, Naming Names. Viking Press, 1980 - History - 482 pages. A book of stunning insights and suspense." ―Studs Terkel Navasky, author information, biography, photograph, list of published. "An astonishing work concerning personal honor and dishonor, shame and shamelessness.
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