Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated SenatorSenator Joseph McCarthy is remembered as a self-serving and hypocritical man who recklessly destroyed people's lives through anticommunist witch hunting. This re-evaluation shows that the more that is learnt about communism in America, the more McCarthy is proven to be accurate in his charges. |
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