Pt. I. Before the Congressional hearings: the shaping of a culture of ideology, art, and conflict. Emblems of righteous ideology : the "trials" of Albert Maltz and Robert Rossen
The moral equation redefined : testimony and silence, decency and betrayal
The birth of the Hollywood party : the establishment of comintern control
The Hollywood party in peace and war : idealism, discipline, and reality
A climate of hostilities and betrayals : writers wars, street battles, and broken alliances
Robert Rossen : a life in the party and in the movies
The consequences of ideology : the emblematic battle of Body and soul
Pt. II. The hearings begin: party discipline and the realities of the Soviet world. The first hearings, 1947 : the strategies, the combat, and the consequences
Testimony and silence : just a democratic political association and the secret world of communism
The lie deep within the silence : the CPUSA and obedience to the destructive policies of the Soviet Union
Testimony and silence : Jews, free speech, and the degrees of betrayal
Pt. III. The time of the blacklist, and the times since. The time of turmoil, 1947 to 1951 : Hollywood besieged, crusades continue, Wallace, peace, and Korea
The time of trials : the Smith Act, the Rosenbergs, and Alger Hiss
Robert Rossen : testing of a moral life in Hollywood and in films
The time of turmoil, 1951 and after : the hearings resume, the real blacklist begins
What is behaving decently? Those who testified and named names
What is behaving decently? Those who did not testify, attacked, and remained silent
Hearings and filmmaking : the denial of value and the record on film
Testifying and filmmaking : attacks on individuals and the record on film
The moral crusade in its broader context : the myth of total McCarthyism.
