Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Preface: "The Dance of Death," The Communist Killing Machine xv
Part 1 The Specter
1 "A Specter Is Haunting Europe," The Unclean Spirit of Communism 3
Part 2 Karl Marx
2 "My Soul Is Chosen for Hell," Marx's Verse 33
3 "Governed by a Demon?" Marx's Miseries 57
4 "Monster of Ten Thousand Devils," Engels Encounters Marx 95
Part 3 The Bolshevik War on Religion and the Church's Resistance
5 "We Do Not Believe in God," Lenin's Necrophilia 107
6 "Satanic Scourge," The Church on Atheistic Communism 135
Part 4 Infiltration and Manipulation
7 "Liquidating Religious Beliefs," William Z. Foster and CPUSA 163
8 "Outstretched Hand," Earl Browder's Backhand 185
9 "Obliterating All Religion," Louis Budenz and Ben Gidow Speak Out 219
10 "The Devil Doth Quote the Scripture," Manning Johnson on the Infiltration of the Church 249
11 "Over a Thousand Communist Men," Infiltration of Catholic Seminaries? Bella Dodd's Claims 275
12 "They Kept a Tab," Seminaries, Churches, and Clergy Behind the Iron Curtain 301
Part 5 They Are Legion
13 "The World's Wickedest," Minions, Pagans, Weirdos, Radicals 321
14 "The Specter of the Frankfurt School," More Minions, Pagans, Weirdos, Radicals 345
Part 6 Conclusion
15 "Fundamental Transformation," Marx's Enduring Specter 379
Acknowledgments 403
Endnotes 407
Index 449