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About this book
The definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on exclusive access to his papers and recently unsealed transcripts of his closed-door Congressional hearings
In the long history of American demagogues, from Huey Long to Donald Trump, never has one man caused so much damage in such a short time as Senator Joseph McCarthy. We still use “McCarthyism” to stand for outrageous charges of guilt by association, a weapon of polarizing slander. From 1950 to 1954, McCarthy destroyed many careers and even entire lives, whipping the nation into a frenzy of paranoia, accusation, loyalty oaths, and terror. His chaotic, meteoric rise is a gripping and terrifying object lesson for us all. Yet his equally sudden fall from fame offers hope that, given the rope, most American demagogues eventually hang themselves. Only now, through best-selling author Larry Tye’s look at the senator’s records, can the full story be told.
In the long history of American demagogues, from Huey Long to Donald Trump, never has one man caused so much damage in such a short time as Senator Joseph McCarthy. We still use “McCarthyism” to stand for outrageous charges of guilt by association, a weapon of polarizing slander. From 1950 to 1954, McCarthy destroyed many careers and even entire lives, whipping the nation into a frenzy of paranoia, accusation, loyalty oaths, and terror. His chaotic, meteoric rise is a gripping and terrifying object lesson for us all. Yet his equally sudden fall from fame offers hope that, given the rope, most American demagogues eventually hang themselves. Only now, through best-selling author Larry Tye’s look at the senator’s records, can the full story be told.
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Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Aab, Helmuth, 54
Abu Ghraib/whistleblowers, 111
academics/teachers and McCarthyism, 336–39, 337n
Acheson, Dean
Alice (wife) and, 314–15
death/joke, 159
descriptions, 314–15, 320, 320n
McCarthy and, 115, 169, 171, 182, 188, 203, 204, 231n, 238n, 262, 298, 314–15, 320, 321, 363, 472–73
McCarthy’s death and, 472–73
Adams chronology
copy of chronology and, 408-9n
Eisenhower/officials and, 408, 428
firing Cohn and, 409, 412n, 419–20
McCarthy and team response/threats, 412–13, 412n
McCarthy team/Army officials behind the scenes, 407–8, 420
significance/effects, 407, 409, 419
writing of, 408, 408n, 428
Adams, John
Army investigations/hearings and, 269, 381n, 384, 387–88, 390–91n, 396, 397, 407
Army-McCarthy hearings and, 419, 420nn, 425, 430, 430n, 432, 469
following Army-McCarthy hearings, 442–43
McCarthy relationship, 248, 414
on McCarthy’s alcohol consumption, 417
Margaret (wife), 432
post-censure McCarthy and, 468–69
Adams, Sherman, 229, 230, 349, 354, 408nn
Aiken, George, 183n, 235, 361
alcohol and McCarthy
amounts, 417, 465, 469
Army investigations/hearings and, 380, 417
Army-McCarthy hearings and, 435
as circuit judge, 47–48
death and, 469-72
during McCarthyism era/hearings, 200–202, 206, 215nn, 251–52, 285–86, 325, 416
Jean McCarthy and, 466, 481
as Marine, 52, 58, 59n
Marquette University/Law School, 34
post-censure, 452, 464–6...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- A Joe McCarthy Chronology
- Author’s Note
- Coming Alive
- Senator Who?
- An Ism Is Born
- Bully’s Pulpit
- Behind Closed Doors
- Photos
- The Body Count
- The Enablers
- Too Big to Bully
- The Fall
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH
- Footnotes