Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canada¿s First War on Terror

by Daniel Francis

Overview

Seeing Reds tells the story of a turbulent period in Canadian history, when in 1918-19 the Canadian government, fearful in the wake of the Russian Revolution, tried to suppress radical political activity at home by branding legitimate labor leaders as "Bolsheviks" and "Reds." Daniel Francis examines Canada's Red Scare in a global context, including government responses to similar activities in the United States and Europe, as well as its ramifications for the contemporary war on terror, in which issues of free speech and political dissent are similarly compromised in the name of national security.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781551523736
Publisher:	Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited
Publication date:	05/10/2011
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Daniel Francis is an historian and the author of 20 books, principally on Canadian history, including four from Arsenal Pulp Press: National Dreams, The Imaginary Indian, L.D., and Imagining Ourselves. He was editorial director of the mammoth Encyclopedia of British Columbia and is a frequent contributor to Geist magazine.

Table of Contents

Prologue: The View from the Third Floor 7

Chapter 1 Roots of Unrest 13

Chapter 2 A Quite Widespread and Dangerous Propaganda 51

Chapter 3 Fighting Back 89

Chapter 4 A Seething Time 125

Chapter 5 The Image of the Bolshevik 151

Chapter 6 Revolution in Disguise 183

Chapter 7 The Most Infamous Conspiracy 215

Chapter 8 Nothing to Fear but Fear-Mongering Itself 237

Acknowledgments 249

Notes 251

Sources 264

Index 276

Editorial Reviews

"The Winnipeg General Strike took place more than 90 years ago, but it resonates still – as in historian Daniel Francis’s new book ... A well-told tale."
—The Globe and Mail

"Francis presents a vivid picture of sharp class and political struggles across Canada during the early 20th century … The details make for compelling reading."
—People's Voice

"Canada's greatest myth-buster has done it again, with this trenchant account of how, following World War I, immigrants to Canada suddenly found themselves branded 'enemy aliens' and the focus of a nasty wave of anti-socialist paranoia. Put it on your shelf next to Francis's classics National Dreams and The Imaginary Indian."
—The Tyee

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