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