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Loading... Senator Joe McCarthy (1959)by Richard H. Rovere
   None No current Talk conversations about this book. There does come a point where the snark factor produces diminishing returns. Like A.J. Liebling, Rovere can't really resist putting in side comments which detract from the serious issues he raises about McCarthy; most notably, McCarthy's shady finances, a point not often raised. Interestingly, Rovere roundly denounces government workers' leakage of documents to McCarthy; one wonders whether he would view those kinds of actions with the same outrage today. (  ) EricCostello | Jul 29, 2017 |  Charles Johnson? Is that you? Interesting look at a rather controversial figure in modern American history. ( ) trilliams | May 30, 2015 | Worthwhile addition ( ) Harrod | Nov 28, 2008 | no reviews | add a review
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The story of Senator Joseph McCarthy's rise to unprecedented power and the decline of his influence is a dramatic one. Richard Rovere documents the process by which a clever, power hungry individual came to mislead and manipulate members of Congress and the American public and to damage countless lives. A new foreword for this edition by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. places the book in historical context and relates it to current issues in American public life. No library descriptions found. |
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