Demagogue : the life and long shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy
(2020)
By:
Tye, Larry
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/MCCARTHY,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Boston ; : New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020
DESCRIPTION
597 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781328959720, 1328959724 :, 1328959724, 9781328959720
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
"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."--