Two Party Tyranny

Excellent and honest portrayal of what actually happened to the American expatriates forced to flee to Mexico who were victimized by the Cold War mindset of the Red Scare and by a weak and fearful American press and media. Ms. Anhalt has a wonderful grasp of history and knows the importance of recording what really happened to these loyal Americans. She records and quotes scores of expatriates and their families affected, and the pressures, threats and accusations hurled at them from near and far. Both the American and Mexican governments acted shamefully and unconstitutionally with great prejudicial actions and false judgements, as recorded by Ms. Anhalt. It is a dark period in our American history, and Ms. Anhalt is to be commended for her courageous, thorough, factual and painstaking efforts to record history from the perspective of the American socialists and communists, Hollywood producers, young idealists and others who stood up to fascism, and for their right to freedom of speech and question the governmental policies of America. The Supreme Courts decision in 1957 criticizing the violation of these Americans' rights, and freeing those from illegal incarceration who were unable to flee to Mexico as some of their colleagues did, is also vindicated by Ms. Anhalt's accurate and little-known recording of history. The book is a profile in courage in itself. It is a must read for all serious historians.