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03330aam a2200421 i 4500 001 69CCAA4C627B11EE9D8B625031ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231004010043 008 220406t20222022mduaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022015858 020 $a 1538145774 020 $a 9781538145777 035 $a (OCoLC)1309290833 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d FMU $d CDX $d YDX $d NJB $d JSZ $d PHA $d YUS $d VP@ $d TCJ $d MUU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E748 M143 F75 2022 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20220406 100 1 $a Fried, Richard M., $d 1941- $e author. 245 12 $a A genius for confusion : $b Joseph R. McCarthy and the politics of deceit / $c Richard M. Fried. 246 30 $a Joseph R. McCarthy and the politics of deceit 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2022] 300 $a xii, 415 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-397) and index. 505 0 $a Preface -- From Grand Chute to Appleton -- Mr. McCarthy goes to Washington. -- Wisconsin's junior senator -- Appointment in Wheeling -- The Tydings train wreck: investigating McCarthy -- The making of Joe McCarthy -- A St. George deep in dragons, 1951-1952 -- Hidden hands and junketeering gumshoes -- At war with the army -- "Unheard-of things" and "hidden forces": censure -- Frozen in the cold -- Conclusion -- Afterword. 520 $a "This new biography of Joseph R. McCarthy shows how the Wisconsin Senator's campaign against American Communists prized sensation above truth. McCarthy often put aside his hunt for Reds while he pursued his anti-communist critics. He fought foes not just with noisy accusations but with covert gossip. He was gullible enough that some con artists managed to lure him on wild goose chases. The man who charged others with being 'dupes' was sometimes one himself. Historian Fried's book builds on over a decade's research in a multitude of sources, many of them newly opened--not just McCarthy's own papers but those of forty-seven Senate colleagues, plus records of journalists, observers, and activists. It brings to light such theatrical episodes as a CIA 'op' against McCarthy as well as Joe's quixotic search for Soviet security chief Lavrenti Beria in Spain. The resulting multi-focal perspective on the political and institutional setting in which McCarthy operated with such abandon is full of drama." -- $c description from publisher's website. $u https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538145777/A-Genius-for-Confusion-Joseph-R-McCarthy-and-the-Politics-of-Deceit 600 10 $a McCarthy, Joseph, $d 1908-1957. 600 10 $a McCarthy, Joseph, $d 1908-1957 $x Influence. 650 0 $a Anti-communist movements $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Subversive activities $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Senate $b Senate $v Biography. 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Fried, Richard M., 1941- $t Genius for confusion. $d Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022] $z 1538145782 $w (OCoLC)1309291547 $w (OCoLC)1309291547 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103011710.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=69CCAA4C627B11EE9D8B625031ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search