| For Both Cross and Flag: Catholic Action, Anti-Catholicism, and National Security Politics in World War II San Francisco Contributor(s): Issel, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1439900280 ISBN-13: 9781439900284 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $44.18 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 20th Century - Religion | Religion, Politics & State |
| Dewey: 305.682 |
| LCCN: 2009021168 |
| Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.7" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - 1940's - Ethnic Orientation - Italian - Locality - San Francisco, California - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Against a backdrop of war and anti-Catholic sentiment, one man loses his rights because he is falsely accused In this fascinating, detailed history, William Issel recounts the civil rights abuses suffered by Sylvester Andriano, an Italian American Catholic civil leader whose religious and political activism in San Francisco provoked an Anti-Catholic campaign against him. A leading figure in the Catholic Action movement, Andriano was falsely accused in state and federal Un-American Activities Committee hearings of having Fascist sympathies prior to and during World War II. As his ordeal began, Andriano was subjected to a hostile investigation by the FBI, whose confidential informants were his political rivals. Furthermore, the U.S. Army ordered him to be relocated on the grounds that he was a security risk. For Both Cross and Flag provides a dramatic illustration of what can happen when parties to urban political rivalries, rooted in religious and ideological differences, seize the opportunity provided by a wartime national security emergency to demonize their enemy as OC a potentially dangerous person.OCO Issel presents a cast of characters that includes archbishops, radicals, the Kremlin, and J. Edgar Hoover, to examine the significant role faith-based political activism played in the political culture that violated AndrianoOCOs constitutional rights. Exploring the ramifications of this story, For Both Cross and Flag presents interesting implications for contemporary events and issues relating to urban politics, ethnic groups, and religion in a time of war. |