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The rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy, James Cross Giblin

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The rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy, James Cross Giblin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-282) and index

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individual biography

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

759835955

Responsibility statement

James Cross Giblin

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Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning, MG+, 10.5, 17

Summary

Who was the real Joe McCarthy? Was he an American hero who alerted the country to the threat of Communist subversion or a demagogue who played cynically on the nation's fears?

Table Of Contents

Prologue: More powerful than the president -- Chickens, groceries, and a high school diploma -- Days and nights at Marquette -- Joe's first campaign -- Judge McCarthy -- "Tail Gunner Joe" -- One fight ends, another begins -- Defeating a legend -- Newcomer in Washington -- Charges of torture -- The speech that started it all -- Where's the evidence? -- The top Russian spy -- War breaks out in Korea -- Revenge -- "We like Ike!" -- The missing paragraph -- "I can investigate anybody" -- Cohn and Schine go to Europe -- McCarthy gets married -- The dangerous dentist -- Grilling General Zwicker -- Exposed on television -- A devastating report -- McCarthy on the receiving end -- "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" -- Censured -- "His time to die" -- Epilogue: Another McCarthy? -- After McCarthy's death

Target audience

juvenileadult

resource.variantTitle

Senator Joe McCarthy

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