A conspiracy so immense : the world of Joe McCarthy
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Published
New York : Free Press, 2019.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
973.918 OSHIN
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973.918 OSHIN
1 available
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Published
New York : Free Press, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
ix, 597 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published in 1983.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-579) and index.
Description
Here, David Oshinsky presents us with a work heralded as the finest account available of Joe McCarthy's colorful career. With a storyteller's eye for the dramatic and presentation of fact, and insightful interpretation of human complexity, Oshinsky uncovers the layers of myth to show the true McCarthy. His book reveals the senator from his humble beginnings as a hardworking Irish farmer's son in Wisconsin to his glory days as the architect of America's Cold War crusade against domestic subversion; a man whose advice if heeded, some believe, might have halted the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia and beyond. A Conspiracy So Immense reveals the internal and external forces that launched McCarthy on this political career, carried him to national prominence, and finally triggered his decline and fall. More than the life of an intensely-even pathologically-ambitious man however, this book is a fascinating portrait of America in the grip of Cold War fear, anger, suspicion, and betrayal. Complete with a new foreword, A Conspiracy So Immense will continue to keep in the spotlight this historical figure-a man who worked so hard to prosecute "criminals" whose ideals work against that of his-for America. -- from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Oshinsky, D. M. (2019). A conspiracy so immense: the world of Joe McCarthy (First Free Press trade paperback edition.). Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Oshinsky, David M., 1944-. 2019. A Conspiracy so Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy. Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Oshinsky, David M., 1944-. A Conspiracy so Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy Free Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Oshinsky, David M. A Conspiracy so Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy First Free Press trade paperback edition., Free Press, 2019.
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