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In “World Enemy No. 1,” the author charts the development of Nazi anticommunism, from its origins immediately after World War I, and the way the movement systematically targeted Jews as supposed agents of international Bolshevism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

They were able to look at these guys and say, "Well, Merwin Hart," just to use him as an example, "his heart's in the right place, he's primarily motivated by anticommunism."

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024

Many figures of the old left took other paths, toward neoconservatism and staunch anticommunism or toward bitterness and despair, but he emerged as a liberal optimist.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2019

Along with his virulent anticommunism, Nixon’s attention to the politics of image marked him as a California product.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2015

The nationwide miasma of anticommunism, however, was not to be dispelled so easily.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik