Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture

by Thomas Doherty

Book Overview

Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. But Thomas Doherty argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant place. Although many books have been written about this period, Cold War, Cool Medium is the only one to examine it through the lens of television...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023112953X
• ISBN13: 9780231129534
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher