False WitnessIn the summer of 1948, with Cold War tensions rising, a young state legislator from Spokane, Washington, named Albert Canwell set out to combat the communist menace through a state version of the House Committee on Un American Activities. University of Washington professor Melvin Rader was a victim of the Canwell Committees rush to judgment, but he fought back. False Witness tells of his struggle to clear his name. It is a testament of personal