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How Latter-day Saints became such vocal and prominent anti-communists

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Commentary: Cold War may be over, but anti-communism is hot again — and Latter-day Saints are in the thick of it Cleon Skousen’s book “The Naked Communist,” promoted from pulpit by church President David O. McKay, played a prominent role. (The Salt Lake Tribune; Amazon) W.