William Issel is Professor of History Emeritus at San Francisco State University and Visiting Professor of History at Mills College. He is the author of Social Change in the United States 1945-1983, coauthor of San Francisco, 1865-1932: Politics, Power, and Urban Development, and co-editor and contributor to American Labor and the Cold War: Grassroots Politics and Postwar Political Culture.

"For Both Cross and Flag breaks interesting new ground. Issel, a leading specialist on the history of 20th century San Francisco, has done an exhaustive job of researching the life and career of Sylvester Andriano. He fills out the history of conservatism in the United States and the role of religion in local and national politics. Thoroughly researched and clearly written, this excellent historical work fits very nicely at the intersection of urban history, political history, and ethnic history. It also makes important moral points." -Carl Abbott, Portland State University

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Sylvester Andriano, a Catholic Attorney in San Francisco 2. Anti-Catholicism in Little Italy 3. Catholic Action, from Rome to San Francisco 4. Catholic Action Theory and Practice in San Francisco 5. Sylvester Andriano and Catholic Action in San Francisco 6. The Catholic Action Social Apostolate 7. The Catholic Action Educational and Moral Apostolates 8. Catholic Action and Communism 9. Catholic Action, European Crises, and San Francisco Politics 10. Andriano’s Ordeal: The Loyalty Hearings 11. Andriano’s Ordeal: Exclusion and Exile Epilogue Notes Index