Shooting star : the brief arc of Joe McCarthy
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Dansville Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
973.921 WIC
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973.921 WIC
1 available
Victor Farmington Library - Adult Nonfiction
973.921 WIC
1 available
973.921 WIC
1 available
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Dansville Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 973.921 WIC | Available |
Victor Farmington Library - Adult Nonfiction | 973.921 WIC | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Internal security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
McCarthy, Joseph, -- 1908-1957.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Biography.
Internal security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
McCarthy, Joseph, -- 1908-1957.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Biography.
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Book
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
UPC
9780151010820
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-199) and index.
Description
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.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wicker, T. (2006). Shooting star: the brief arc of Joe McCarthy . Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wicker, Tom. 2006. Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy. Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wicker, Tom. Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy Harcourt, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wicker, Tom. Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy Harcourt, 2006.
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