The Lavender Scare by David K. Johnson
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https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/32562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lavender Scare Author: David K. Johnson Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: mp3 Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins Release date: 09-10-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 53 ratings Genres: LGBTQ+ Studies Publisher's Summary: Winner of three book awards, The Lavender Scare masterfully traces the origins of contemporary sexual politics to Cold War hysteria over national security. Drawing on newly declassified documents and interviews with former government officials, historian David Johnson chronicles how the myth that homosexuals threatened national security determined government policy for decades, ruined thousands of lives, and pushed many to suicide. As Johnson shows, this myth not only outlived McCarthy but, by the 1960s, helped launch a new civil rights struggle.
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