mccarthy, joseph

Analyzes the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings and Joseph McCarthy's campaign of fear that was covered by the news media for thirty-six days, describing television's impact on government and how television helped to transform American politics.

Traces the history of McCarthyism in the United States from the 1940s to the mid-1960s through a selection of historical documents, including speeches, letters, memoirs, congressional hearings, executive orders, and others.

Chronicles Senator Joseph McCarthy's five-year-long anti-Communist crusade, which destroyed the lives of thousands of United States citizens, and discusses its relevance to the twenty-first century's War on Terror.

The author relies on recently published government records and FBI files to reveal the myths surrounding Joseph McCarthy and his political campaign to uncover Communist sympathizers in America during the 1950s.

An examination of Joseph McCarthy's investigations into communists in the U.S. government during the 1950s and the effect it had on every aspect of American society.

A 1959 examination of Senator Joe McCarthy's political career, attempting to understand why he went on his rampant search for Communists.