Words at War

Simultaneously as they worked on the war effort many radio writers and actors advanced a progressive agenda to fight the enemy within: racism poverty and other social ills. When the war ended many of these people paid for their idealism by suffering blacklisting. Veterans' groups the FBI right-wing politicians and other reactionaries mounted an assault on them to drive them out of their professions. <I>Words at War</I> discusses that partly successful effort and the response of the radio personalities involved.