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CONTENTS To the Reader xiii PROLOGUE 1 A New Kind of War PART ONE McCarthyism 1. The List 8 2. Tail Gunner Joe 35 3. Progressivism to McCarthyism 68 4. The Remarkable Upstart 92 5. The Way to Wheeling 99 PART TWO The Past as Prologue 6. In the Beginning 115 7. Cold Warriors 142 PART THREE Dealing With a Demagogue 8. The Press 163 9. The Politicians 178 10. The Network 195 11. The Opposition 213 12. The Demagogue 232 PART FOUR Prelude to Power 13. Twenty Years of Treason 252 14. Taking More Scalps 288 15. Junketeering Gumshoes 303 PART FIVE Witch-Hunts 16. Inquisitions 341 17. The Case of Private Schine 403 18. Point of Order! 466 19. "Have You No Shame, Senator?" 506 PART SIX Judgment 20. Belling the Cat 526 21. Oblivion 540 PART SEVEN Legacy 22. The Politics of Fear 557 23. Parallels 565 24. A House Divided 600 EPILOGUE 625 The Age of Anxiety Notes and Sources Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-.
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2004.
Political culture -- United States.