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No Sense of Decency: The Army-McCarthy Hearings: A Demagogue Falls and Television Takes Charge of American Politics
"Have you no sense of decency, sir?" asked attorney Robert Welch in a climactic moment in the 1954 Senate hearings that pitted Joseph R. McCarthy against the United States Army, President Dwight Eisenhower, and the rest of the political establishment. What made the confrontation unprecedented and magnified its impact was its gavel-to-gavel coverage by television....more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
February 25th 2009
by Ivan R. Dee Publisher
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This is a pretty thorough treatment of the Senate hearings held over three months in 1954 to investigate charges that Senator Joseph McCarthy and his counsel Roy Cohn pressured the Army to give special treatment to a former staff member. By itself that doesn't sound like that big of a deal, but McCarthy had earlier drew huge amounts of attention to himself with aggressive accusations that Army personnel included many communists who were working to steal secrets in order to overthrow the governm...more
Oh, my, this book was SOOOO interesting. So interesting. I heard the author on the Diane Rehm show and thought this book sounded good. Love that Diane Rehm.
This book focuses on McCarthy and how television played a major roll in his downfall. It is hard to believe that McCarthy got away with his accusations which were largely based on NOTHING! Nothing! But he became so powerful that his own Republican party members wouldn't stand up to him, nor many Democrats. Even President Eisen...more
This book focuses on McCarthy and how television played a major roll in his downfall. It is hard to believe that McCarthy got away with his accusations which were largely based on NOTHING! Nothing! But he became so powerful that his own Republican party members wouldn't stand up to him, nor many Democrats. Even President Eisen...more
A look at the title will tell you that this is two books in one. (The Army-McCarthy Hearings: A Demagogue Falls and (2) Television Takes Charge of American Politics). Neither book really works here but if each were a stand-alone with far more depth, both could be remarkable. There are excellent books on the hearings. As for how televising live proceedings can alter public perceptions of events (hearings, debates, trials etc.)--a lot more could and should be said.
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Very interesting read about an important time in US History
Caveats: I was stuck between a 3 star and a 4 star rating, but I'll give Shogan the benefit of the doubt.
I selected this book to read because my library doesn't have a vast selection from the McCarthy era, that being said, I'm not disappointed I picked it up. The book can be read in a long day, it moves quickly and is adequately interesting for the brief time it takes. My major criticism of the book is that the thesis of the book, how the McCarthy hearings were televised and the imp...more
I selected this book to read because my library doesn't have a vast selection from the McCarthy era, that being said, I'm not disappointed I picked it up. The book can be read in a long day, it moves quickly and is adequately interesting for the brief time it takes. My major criticism of the book is that the thesis of the book, how the McCarthy hearings were televised and the imp...more
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