pt. 1. Two faces of communism. The strategy of alienation: The Sixth World Congress ; The Fish and McCormack-Dickstein Committees ; American images of the CPUSA in the third period -- The strategy of enticement: The Seventh World Congress ; The new image of the CPUSA ; The two faces of communism -- The future comes: The opening of the government service ; The beginnings of Soviet espionage in America ; Communists in government unions ; What is a communist? -- pt. 2. The compromise of trust. The Ware Group: Origins of the Ware Group ; Composition of the Ware Group ; Functions of the group ; The spread of influence -- The National Labor Relations Board: The Wheeler Committee ; Saposs and the Smith Committee ; Party influence in the Board ; An estimation of the results -- The second front at home: The companionate subversion ; The Perlo group ; The Silvermaster group ; Office of Strategic Services -- The Department of State: The case of Alger Hiss ; Wadleigh, Field, and Duggan ; The Amerasia case -- pt. 3. The inquest on China. The red poppy: The struggle for power ; The united front in China -- Missions of mistrust: Stilwell, Chiang, and the State Department ; The Wallace, Hurley, and Marshall missions -- Autopsy of failure: The Tydings Committee hearings ; The chorus of comment ; The Institute of Pacific Relations -- pt. 4. The politics of hysteria. Chairman McCarthy: The Voice of America ; The information centers ; The Government Printing Office ; McCarthy as chairman -- The stress of government: The communist problem: a summary ; Congress presses the White House ; The politics of prescriptive publicity ; The frustration of political change -- The meaning of McCarthyism: The Senate condemnation ; Comment on the Senate action ; Explanations of McCarthyism ; McCarthyism and the politics of social change -- Appendix: Sources for survey of press comment on Tydings investigation.