A conspiracy so immense : the world of Joe McCarthy
Describes the internal and external forces that launched Joseph McCarthy on his political career and carried him to national prominence
Print Book, English, ©1983
Free Press ; Collier Macmillan, New York, London, ©1983
Biography
ix, 597 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780029234907, 9780029237601, 0029234905, 0029237602
9131798
Beginnings
G.I. Judge
Gunning for the Senate
The Pepsi-Cola Kid
Rock bottom
The Red bogey in America, 1917-1950
Wheeling
Battle of the billygoats
Stand or fall
The Lattimore connection
Declaration of conscience
The fourth estate
"An infamy so black ..."
"Slimy creatures"
Tydings's revenge
Ike
Gearing for battle
Voices within the voice
Of diplomats and Greek ships
Friends and enemies
A discouraging summer
The Monmouth hearings
White House blues
Who promoted Peress?
The chicken luncheon
"The fault, dear Brutus"
Setting the ground rules
The hearings begin
Executive privilege
The eleven memoranda
"So reckless, so cruel"
Censure
Final years