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Senator Joe McCarthy

Richard H. Rovere

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The story of Senator Joseph McCarthy's rise to unprecedented power and the decline of his influence is a dramatic one. Richard Rovere documents the process by which a clever, power hungry individual came to mislead and manipulate members of Congress and the American public and to damage countless lives. A new foreword for this edition by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. places the book in historical context and relates it to current issues in American public life.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of California Press

Release: April 12, 1996

ISBN: 0520204727

ISBN 13: 9780520204720

Senator Joe McCarthy

Richard H. Rovere

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The story of Senator Joseph McCarthy's rise to unprecedented power and the decline of his influence is a dramatic one. Richard Rovere documents the process by which a clever, power hungry individual came to mislead and manipulate members of Congress and the American public and to damage countless lives. A new foreword for this edition by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. places the book in historical context and relates it to current issues in American public life.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of California Press

Release: April 12, 1996

ISBN: 0520204727

ISBN 13: 9780520204720

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