Spider Web

Nick Fischer's groundbreaking study explores the right-wing activities during the interwar period amid the McCarthy-era witch hunts, revealing how conservative fears and propaganda targeted a wide-ranging "spider web" of supposed radical threats. The book examines how anti-communist myths shaped mainstream politics and laid the groundwork for the conservative backlash and political transformations of mid-20th-century America. Published by the University of Illinois Press, it offers a detailed, factual look at this pivotal period in American history.