Book Review. Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America. By Clay Risen Scribner: 480 pages, $31 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from ...

In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s. By Kevin Peraino Kevin Peraino is the author, most recently, of “A ...