The age of anxiety: McCarthyism to terrorism

For five long years in the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy and his anti-Communist crusade dominated the American scene, terrified politicians, and destroyed the lives of thousands of citizens. Haynes Johnson re-creates that time of crisis--of President Eisenhower, who hated McCarthy but would not att...

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1. Verfasser: Johnson, Haynes 1931-2013 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Orlando, Fla. [u.a.] Harcourt 2005
Ausgabe:1. ed.
Schriftenreihe:A James H. Silberman book
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Zusammenfassung:For five long years in the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy and his anti-Communist crusade dominated the American scene, terrified politicians, and destroyed the lives of thousands of citizens. Haynes Johnson re-creates that time of crisis--of President Eisenhower, who hated McCarthy but would not attack him; of the Republican senators who cynically used McCarthy to win their own elections; of Edward R. Murrow, whose courageous TV broadcast began McCarthy's downfall; and of mild-mannered lawyer Joseph Welch, who finally shamed McCarthy into silence. Johnson tells this monumental story through the lens of its relevance to our own time, when fear again affects American behavior and attitudes, for he believes now, as then, that our civil liberties, our Constitution, and our nation are at stake as we confront the ever more difficult task of balancing the need for national security with that of personal liberty.--From publisher description.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 609 S., [4] Bl. Ill.
ISBN:9780151010622
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