Naming Names Audiobook By Victor S. Navasky cover art

Naming Names

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection of titles.
Yours as long as you’re a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for $8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Naming Names

By: Victor S. Navasky
Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
Try Standard free

$8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $25.90

Buy for $25.90

Winner of the National Book Award: The definitive history of Joe McCarthy, the Hollywood blacklist, and HUAC explores the events behind the hit film Trumbo.

Drawing on interviews with over 150 people who were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee - including Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner Jr., and Arthur Miller award-winning author Victor S. Navasky reveals how and why the blacklists were so effective and delves into the tragic and far-reaching consequences of Joseph McCarthy's witch hunts.

A compassionate, insightful, and even-handed examination of one of our country's darkest hours, Naming Names is at once a morality play and a fascinating window onto a searing moment in American cultural and political history.

©1980, 1991 Victor S. Navasky (P)2019 Tantor

Accolades & Awards

National Book Award
1982
National Book Award Politics & Government Freedom & Security United States Americas Social Sciences History & Criticism Film & TV Witchcraft Morality Entertainment & Performing Arts Entertainment Magic Users Socialism
All stars
Most relevant
Brilliant analysis. A hidden history uncovered and explained. Excellent narrator. Well worth your time and a credit.

Critically important history

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is a book that is hard to listen to. I made it all of 3 hours before I couldn't stand it anymore. The material is so textbook dry and it starts out that way. Reading it would be much easier. It's like listening to bulletin points. Great narrator though.

For reading..

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.