To mark the book’s release, Smithsonian magazine chatted with Risen about the roots of the Red Scare, the Hollywood blacklist and more. Read on for a condensed and edited version of the conversation.

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During the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s ... Though Hellman was never officially blacklisted, Hollywood effectively shut her out. Screenwriting opportunities dried up, and she found ...

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Historian and journalist Clay Risen in his new book, “Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America” (Scribner, 480 pgs., $31 hardcover) takes his readers through a panoply of ...

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In his book, "Red Scare," Clay Risen examines the history of the 1950s anti-Communist witch hunt and connects it to Trump and ...