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Author Tye, Larry, author.

Title Demagogue : the life and long shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy / Larry Tye.

Publisher Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
©2020

ISBN 9781328959720 (hardcover)



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 Holland Branch Adult  92 McCarthy, Joseph    AVAILABLE  ---
 Main Adult  92 McCarthy, Joseph    AVAILABLE  ---
 Reynolds Corners Branch Adult  92 McCarthy, Joseph    AVAILABLE  ---

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Description 597 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "The definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on first-ever access to his personal and professional papers, medical and military records, and recently unsealed transcripts of his closed-door Congressional hearings."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents A Joe McCarthy chronology -- Coming alive -- Senator who? -- An ism is born -- Bully's pulpit -- Behind closed doors -- The body count -- The enablers -- Too big to bully -- The fall.
Subject McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957 -- Influence.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
Subject(S) Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Subversive activities -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Biographies.
NonFiction.
Added Title Life and long shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy
ISBN 9781328959720 (hardcover)