This book is about the Lavender Scare, which was apparently a moral crisis about having gay people in positions of power. I briefly recall reading about this in passing in some history class I took, but it wasn't in much detail. Joseph McCarthy, who I knew about from his accusing literally everyone under the sun of being a Communist, also waged war on gay people. He had everyone investigated for homosexuality and Communist leanings. (He really needed to mind his own business.) He took the belief that gay people were more likely to be infiltrated by spies since they were already criminals based on their sexual preferences and used that to instigate mass expulsions of government officials from office. A lot of these people were very capable people in their jobs, which is a shame that they weren't allowed to continue in their work on top of having their reputation absolutely ruined by some man who needed to just hush. The more I read about him, the more I disliked him. His actions really caused more harm than good, and it is a shame he was allowed to get away with stuff like that for so long. This book was very informative about the Lavender Scare and the key figures that were involved in various aspects. I got this on Audible, and it was a pretty long listen. (Especially since I am sick and kept falling asleep and having to rewind.) It was really good, and I learned a lot. (Mostly, that I can't stand that McCarthy.)