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Un-American Activities

The Trials of William Remington

Gary May

In Un-American Activities, Gary May tells the fascinating story of William Remington—a story of intrigue, injustice, government corruption, and anti-Communist hysteria. May searched through FBI files and government documents, waging an epic battle against then-U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani to become the first historian to obtain access to grand jury records. The result is a brilliant account of one man’s tragic odyssey and a government run amok. The author’s account offers insight into the depth of Soviet penetration into wartime America. He brings his considerable analytical and narrative skills to bear on one of the forgotten stories of the McCarthy era, uncovering a gripping tale of espionage, corruption, and personal tragedy.
 

$25.95 list, 393 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-327-6

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-327-0

© 1994

“Gary May vividly and painstakingly takes us back to the McCarthyite horrors of the late 1940s and early 1950s, while putting the complex, tragic figure of William Remington back into our accounts of that era.”  —Walter LaFeber, author of The American Age

“In this absorbing and well-written account of Remington’s life and travails, May separates fiction from reality and calmly sets aside the established myths of both left and right. Dispassionately and objectively, he comes to terms with the strange truths about Remington.”  —Ronald Radosh, Times Literary Supplement

“May’s riveting account . . . would make a stunning film.”  —Ellen Schrecker, The Nation

Table of Contents

1. Present in the Flesh

2. The New Student—Dartmouth, 1934–1936

3. Enfant Terrible—Knoxville, 1936–1937

4. A Square Character—Dartmouth, 1937–1938

5. Flirting with Danger—Dartmouth, 1938–1939

6. Renegades

7. Obliging a Lady

8. Fighting Back

9. Sorry about Everything

10. A Marked Man

11. No Peace

12. Tool of Tyranny

13. Scene of the Crime

14. Missionary Work

15. Not in This Day and Time

16. Object of Hate, Engine of Destruction

17. A Lot to Explain

18. The Only Verdict Possible

19. His Own Worst Enemy

20. The Ends of Expediency

Epilogue: In Dubious and Ambiguous Battle