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English
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Beyond the Spotlight : The Red Scare in Utah
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Utah and the Great War : The Beehive State and the World War I Experience
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Salt Lake City, UT
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University of Utah Press. Copublished with the Utah State Historical Society.
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341-367
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"For post-World War I America the threat of Bolshevism was real. If spies and saboteurs had worked to weaken America during the war, the same kind of un-Americans now threatened to destroy basic freedoms, the government, and the American way of life through actions whose ultimate end was to foment a revolution like the one that brought communism to Russia. Fear of a Bolshevik revolution, the alien ideology of communism, and the threat of violence posed by some radical individuals fostered a response known as the Red Scare. Other factors contributed to the Red Scare, especially the nativism and isolationism that held sway during the postwar decade. Utah was not immune, and the nature of the Red Scare in Utah is the subject of the following chapter. [Editor]