With a journalist's eye for revealing detail, Robert Shogan traces the 1954 Army-McCarthy Senate hearings and analyzes television's impact on government. Despite McCarthy's fall, Mr. Shogan points out, the hearings left a major item of unfinished business—the issue of McCarthyism, the strategy based on fear, smear, and guilt by association.
With a journalist's eye for revealing detail, Robert Shogan traces the 1954 Army-McCarthy Senate hearings and analyzes television's impact on government. Despite McCarthy's fall, Mr. Shogan points out, the hearings left a major item of unfinished business—the issue of McCarthyism, the strategy based on fear, smear, and guilt by association.
Robert Shogan, a former prizewinning national political correspondent for Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times, has also written Backlash: The Killing of the New Deal; Bad News; Constant Conflict; Hard Bargain; Riddle of Power; The Fate of the Union; and The Battle of Blair Mountain. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Chapter 1: The Curtain Rises Chapter 2: A Torch in the Troubled World Chapter 3: Racket Buster Chapter 4: The Road to Room 318 Chapter 5: St. Ed and the Dragon Chapter 6: At War with the Army Chapter 7: The Soldiering of Private Schine Chapter 8: Turning the Tide Chapter 9: The Purloined Letter Chapter 10: Time Out for Tears Chapter 11: To the Bitter End Chapter 12: Unfinished Business Bibliography
Preface Chapter 1: The Curtain Rises Chapter 2: A Torch in the Troubled World Chapter 3: Racket Buster Chapter 4: The Road to Room 318 Chapter 5: St. Ed and the Dragon Chapter 6: At War with the Army Chapter 7: The Soldiering of Private Schine Chapter 8: Turning the Tide Chapter 9: The Purloined Letter Chapter 10: Time Out for Tears Chapter 11: To the Bitter End Chapter 12: Unfinished Business Bibliography
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