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The person who spoke these words was Senator Joseph (“call me Joe”) McCarthy, Republican from Wisconsin, and when he said them, they were very close to true. In the fearful and unsettled frosty war weather of the first 1950s, McCarthy developed what many seized on as a simple way to the nation’s problems: Look for the Communists in government, education, entertainment, and the military, and be rid of these. The bullying and dishonest tactics McCarthy found in executing his investigations of suspected Communists still bear his name: McCarthyism. The convincing report of Senator Joe McCarthy — who he was, how he achieved a posture of almost unlimited power, and the way the American system of government ultimately brought him down — is told in this reserve. With a sizable cast of characters and with the major countrywide and international happenings of the time as backdrop, the biography brings clarity, drama, and insight to the life span and career of a political figure as controversial today as he was in his own time.
