Seeing Reds, Daniel Francis
Seeing Reds, Daniel Francis
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Seeing Reds
The Red Scare of 1918-1919, Canada's First War on Terror

Author: Daniel Francis

Narrator: Michael Puttonen

Unabridged: 7 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2013

Synopsis

At the end of World War I, Canada was poised on the brink of social revolution. At least that is what many Canadians, inspired by the success of the Russian Revolution in 1917, hoped and others dreaded. Seeing Reds tells the story of this turbulent period in Canadian history during the winter of 1918–19, when a fearful government led by Prime Minister Robert Borden tried to suppress radical political activity by branding legitimate labour leaders as "Bolsheviks" and "Reds." Canada was in the grip of a widespread Red Scare promoted by the government and the media in order to discredit radical ideas and to rally public support behind mainstream political and economic policies. The story builds toward the events of the Winnipeg General Strike in May–June 1919 when the authorities, believing that the expected revolution had begun, sent soldiers into the streets to put down with force a legitimate labour dispute.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joe

Audiobook This is an informative book. It was interesting to learn about Canada’s (with me being from the USA) initially battled communism (and others that were labeled as communist) in their country. A chunk of the book does look at events and actions in Russia, Germany, as well as the United State......more

Goodreads review by Lee

I was hoping this would be interesting, but, after a bit, the book descended into a maze of names and dates that became hard to follow.......more

Goodreads review by Dane

This book does a good job of summarizing the 1918-1919 "red scare" in Canada, with a lot of time spend discussing the Winnipeg General Strike. Too little of my personal reading is spend on Canadian history, and I found this to be refreshing change from my usual world history books. The author presen......more

Goodreads review by Thomas

A very detailed look at a darker chapter of the Canadian history. The book is long enough to be detailed and short enough not to bore me. I like the last chapter when the author ties it back to our post 9/11 anti terrorist era. 3 Out of 3 marks: - Penmanship. Did the author present the ideas in a conc......more

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