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Author:

Tye, Larry, author.

Title:

Demagogue : the life and long shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy / Larry Tye.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

597 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

McCarthy, Joseph,--1908-1957.
McCarthy, Joseph,--1908-1957--Influence.
Anti-communist movements--United States--History.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Subversive activities--United States--History--20th century.
United States.--Senate--Senate--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface -- A Joe McCarthy chronology -- Author's note -- Coming alive -- Senator who? -- An ism is born -- Bully's pulpit -- Behind closed doors -- The body count -- The enablers -- Too big to bully -- The fall -- Epilogue.

Summary:

"The definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on first-ever access to his personal and professional papers, medical and military records, and recently-unsealed transcripts of his closed-door Congressional hearings."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1328959724
9781328959720

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1105148053

LCCN:

2019024932

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