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Shooting star : the brief arc of Joe McCarthy / Tom Wicker.
| Author/creator | Wicker, Tom |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Orlando : Harcourt, ©2006. |
| Description | 212 pages ; 21 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | Joe McCarthy first became visible to the nation on February 9, 1950, when he delivered a Lincoln Day address to local Republicans in Wheeling, West Virginia. That night he declared, "I have here in my hand a list of 205 [members of the Communist Party] still working and shaping policy in the State Department." Anticommunism was already a cause embraced by the Republican Party as a whole; McCarthy tapped into this current and turned it into a flood. Little more than five years later, after countless hearings and stormy speeches and after incalculable damage to ordinary Americans and the nation itself, McCarthy's Senate colleagues voted 67-22 to censure him for his reckless accusations and fabrications. We know today that not one prosecution resulted from McCarthy's investigations into communists in the U.S. government.--Publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-199) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005020990 |
| ISBN | 015101082X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780151010820 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E748.M143 W53 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |