Blacklisted by history : the untold story of Senator Joe McCarthy and his fight against America's enemies / M. Stanton Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, M. Stanton (Medford Stanton), 1934-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.

McCarthy, Joseph.

United States. Congress. Senate.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

United States.

United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.

Politics and government.

Communism--United States--History--20th century.

Communism.

History.

Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.

Anti-communist movements.

Internal security--United States--History--20th century.

Internal security.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 663 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Forum, [2007]

Summary:

Accused of creating a bogus Red Scare and smearing countless innocent victims in a five-year reign of terror, Senator Joseph McCarthy is remembered as a demagogue, a bully, and a liar. A half century after his death, his name remains synonymous with witch hunts. But that image is wrong, as veteran journalist Evans maintains in this groundbreaking book, based on six years of intensive research. Drawing on primary sources--including U.S. government records and FBI files, as well as recent research from Soviet archives--Evans presents irrefutable evidence of a relentless Communist drive to penetrate our government, influence its policies, and steal its secrets. He also shows that U.S. officials supposedly guarding against this danger not only let it happen but actively covered it up--precisely as Joe McCarthy contended. This book claims to provide the first accurate account of what McCarthy did and, more broadly, what really happened to America during the Cold War.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Part I Third Rail

Prologue: The Search for Joe McCarthy 3

Chapter 1 An Enemy of the People 15

Chapter 2 The Caveman in the Sewer 26

Chapter 3 He Had in His Hand 37

Chapter 4 "Stale, Warmed Over Charges" 49

Chapter 5 Unthinking the Thinkable 61

Part II Back Story

Chapter 6 The Witching Hour 75

Chapter 7 The Way It Worked 87

Chapter 8 Chungking, 1944 98

Chapter 9 Reds, Lies, and Audiotape 110

Chapter 10 When Parallels Converged 123

Chapter 11 What Hoover Told Truman 135

Chapter 12 Inside the State Department 148

Chapter 13 Acts of Congress 162

Part III Blowup

Chapter 14 Wheeling, 1950 179

Chapter 15 Discourse on Method 194

Chapter 16 The Tydings Version 206

Chapter 17 Eve of Destruction 219

Chapter 18 A Fraud and a Hoax 233

Chapter 19 Of Names and Numbers 246

Chapter 20 The Four Committees 263

Chapter 21 File and Forget It 276

Chapter 22 All Clear in Foggy Bottom 288

Chapter 23 The Man Who Knew Too Much 301

Part IV Mole Hunts

Chapter 24 The Trouble with Harry 315

Chapter 25 A Book of Martyrs 331

Chapter 26 Some Public Cases 345

Chapter 27 Tempest in a Teacup 360

Chapter 28 Little Red Schoolhouse 373

Chapter 29 "Owen Lattimore-Espionage R" 385

Chapter 30 Dr. Jessup and Mr. Field 399

Chapter 31 A Conspiracy So Immense 411

Chapter 32 The Battle with Benton 425

Part V Hardball

Chapter 33 The Perils of Power 443

Chapter 34 Uncertain Voice 455

Chapter 35 The Burning of the Books 467

Chapter 36 Scott McLeod, Where Are You? 478

Chapter 37 The Getting of J. B. Matthews 490

Chapter 38 The Moles of Monmouth 502

Chapter 39 A Tale of Two Generals 515

Chapter 40 The Legend of Annie Lee Moss 528

Chapter 41 At War with the Army 542

Chapter 42 On Not Having Any Decency 557

Part VI End Game

Chapter 43 The Sounds of Silence 573

Chapter 44 Sentence First, Verdict Later 585

Conclusion: Samson in the Heathen Temple 599.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781400081059

140008105X

OCLC:

76074158