Shooting star : the brief arc of Joe McCarthy / Tom Wicker.

Joe McCarthy first became visible to the nation on February 9, 1950, when he delivered a Lincoln Day address to local Republicans in Wheeling, West Virginia. That night he declared, "I have here in my hand a list of 205 [members of the Communist Party] still working and shaping policy in the St...

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Main Author: Wicker, Tom
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Language:English
Published: Orlando : Harcourt, c2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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