Joseph McCarthy and the Loss of China: A Study in Fear and Panic
Journal: Deep Blue (University of Michigan)
Year: 2014

This thesis is about a political figure who is quite divisive across the political spectrum. His name has become associated with a period and a style of behavior. Senator Joseph McCarthy, Republican from Wisconsin, has always held a fascination for me because so much has been written and otherwise said about him as a villain, or as a misunderstood hero, that I felt compelled to study him and his actions, for myself. As I approached the project, I made many of the same assumptions others make, su