McCarthys Abuse of Power
Date Submitted: 11/30/2004 05:07:07
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 8 pages (2248 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 8 pages (2248 words)
In 1954 a young junior Senator from the state of Wisconsin held the entire Senate in the palm of his hand. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy used an aggressive strategy of lies, personal attacks, and propaganda in an aggressive attempt to gain power. Was Senator McCarthy a crusader for the common good of the people or was he the ringleader of a witch-hunt seeking only political power? What tactics did McCarthy use to gain his power? What …
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…hostage as he madly grasped for power.
James Rorty & Moshe Decter, McCarthy and the Communists, The Beacon Press, Boston, 1954
Robert Griffith, The Polotics of Fear: Joseph R. McCarthy and the Senate, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 1970
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Michael Paul Rogin, The Intellectuals and McCarthy the Radical Specter, The MIT Press, Boston, 1967
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