Bibliograph

The rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy, James Cross Giblin

Type

Label

The rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy, James Cross Giblin

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy

Oclc number

317917928

Responsibility statement

James Cross Giblin

Table Of Contents

Prologue: More powerful than the president -- Chickens, groceries, and a high school diploma -- Days and nights at Marquette -- Joe's first campaign -- Judge McCarthy -- "Tail Gunner Joe" -- One fight ends, another begins -- Defeating a legend -- Newcomer in Washington -- Charges of torture -- The speech that started it all -- Where's the evidence? -- "The top Russian spy" -- War breaks out in Korea -- Revenge -- "We like Ike!" -- The missing paragraph -- "I can investigate anybody" -- Cohn and Schine go to Europe -- McCarthy gets married -- The dangerous dentist -- Grilling General Zwicker -- Exposed on television -- A devastating report -- McCarthy on the receiving end -- "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" -- Censured -- "His time to die" -- Epilogue: Another McCarthy? -- After McCarthy's death

Target audience

juvenile

Classification