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The age of anxiety : McCarthyism to terrorism / Haynes Johnson

Catalog Data

Author:
Johnson, Haynes 1931-2013  Search this
Subject:
McCarthy, Joseph 1908-1957  Search this
United States Congress Senate  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 609 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
20th century
2004
1945-1953
1953-1961
2001-
Notes:
"A James H. Silberman book."
Contents:
McCarthyism -- The list -- Tail Gunner Joe -- Progressivism to McCarthyism -- The remarkable upstart -- The way to wheeling -- The past as prologue -- In the beginning -- Cold warriors -- Dealing with a demagogue -- The press -- The politicians -- The network -- The opposition -- The demagogue -- Prelude to power -- Twenty years of treason -- Taking more scalps -- Junketeering gumshoes -- Witch hunts -- Inquisitions -- The case of Private Schine -- Point or order! -- "Have you no shame, senator? -- Judgment -- Belling the cat -- Oblivion -- Legacy -- The politics of fear -- Parallels -- A house divided -- The age of anxiety
Topic:
Legislators  Search this
Anti-communist movements--History  Search this
Terrorism--Government policy  Search this
Presidents--Election  Search this
Political culture  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_777585