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Title: The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson ISBN: 0-226-40481-1 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Illuminates a Dark History
Comment: Cold war and McCarthyism are familiar topics from historians as America's fear of Communists and its reaction to this fear are interpreted from every side of the political spectrum. David K. Johnson does something different and, in its special way, far more important. The author, in The Lavender Scare, looks at how the cold war fears were used to hound gay men and women out of the federal service and how this continued unabated long after the Communist hysteria died down. It is fascinating, and horrifying, to witness how politicians used their fear and ignorance of "the perverts" for their own political ends and used the fear of Communists as a cover for their attacks. The case presented in this book is well researched and the voices from both sides are used, even from those voices of the gay men and lesbians which had to be silent at the time. This books holds valuable lessons (and warnings) for our own fraught times. A valuable addition to the literature of the history of the Cold War.

Rating: 5
Summary: Great book!
Comment: Johnson does a great job of reporting on the horrible way gays and lesbians were treated by the federal government during the McCarthy era. He puts the action of the government in the context. And, by recounting the personal stories of many of the federal workers who lost their livelihoods during these purges, Johnson adds depth and feeling to what otherwise could have been a dry academic work.

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