Thomas Doherty: 6 books
by Thomas Doherty
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Between 1933 and 1939, representations of the Nazis and the full meaning of Nazism came slowly to Hollywood, growing more ominous and distinct only as the decade wore on. Recapturing what ordinary Americans saw on the screen during the emerging Nazi threat, Thomas Doherty reclaims forgotten films,...
Cold War, Cool Medium
Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2005
Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. But Thomas Doherty argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant place....
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Hollywood, HUAC, and the Birth of the Blacklist
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
In 1947, the Cold War came to Hollywood. Over nine tumultuous days in October, the House Un-American Activities Committee held a notorious round of hearings into alleged Communist subversion in the movie industry. The blowback was profound: the major studios pledged to never again employ a known Communist...
Hollywood's Censor
Joseph I. Breen and the Production Code Administration
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I. Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. Though little known outside the ranks of the studio system, this former journalist and public relations agent was one...
The Best Specimen of a Tyrant
The Ambitious Dr. Abraham Van Norstrand and the Wisconsin Insane Hospital
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
In 1847, young Dr. Abraham Van Norstrand left Vermont to seek his fortune in the West, but in Wisconsin his business ventures failed, and a medical practice among hard-up settlers added little to his pocketbook. During the Civil War he organized and ran one of the army’s biggest hospitals but resigned...
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the book up to date—because this is still not normal.
Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway...