McCarthy

The rise and fall of the zealous anti-communist senator Joseph McCarthy.

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McCarthy

McCarthy chronicles the rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator whose zealous anti-communist crusade would test the limits of American decency and democracy.

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Chapter 1 | McCarthy

The McCarthy hearings are now emblematic of the 1950s "Red Scare."

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Joseph McCarthy: Senator of Anti-Communism

Author Langston Hughes was called before Sen. McCarthy’s Subcommittee on Investigations.

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Langston Hughes on Trial

Senator Margaret Chase Smith was the first senator to stand up to Joseph McCarthy.

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Margaret Chase Smith

McCarthy declared to Congress that scholar Owen Lattimore was a "top Russian spy."

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McCarthyism: Anatomy of an Investigation

Senator Joseph McCarthy hired Roy Cohn in 1953 as Chief Counsel.

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Roy Cohn: Chief Counsel for McCarthy

The rise and fall of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who led a Cold War crusade against Communists.

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