The politics of fear: Joseph R. McCarthy and the Senate

by Robert W. Griffith

Book by Griffith, Robert

Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, History, American History

362 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

Reviews

[Ian Divertie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hugely interesting. McCarthy would have been even more of a problem if the protestant conservatives of his time were not so opposed to Catholicism. Weird! JFK was the only Democrat who didn't vote to censure him at the time, --fascinating trivia. Probably not because he sympathized so much with his views as he sympathized with his persecution by his supposed conservative allies who were protestant. Still, a dangerous self promoting nut at bottom.

[Hope Grover]

Lexile: 1540