A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy
"A staggeringly successful and rare new book of history... It is hard to tell in the space of this column why A Conspiracy So Immense impressed me so much.  Of course, it has something to do with the excellent writing, which may set a standard for crisp, witty historical prose... It has something to do with the extraordinary thoroughness of Oshinsky's research.  His footnotes are historical gold mines.  [Above all] Oshinsky shows that in that evil time, even the purest of motives were soiled.  He shows us what man is.  That is what makes great history, which is what A Conspiracy So Immense is."--Ben Stein, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner"[Oshinsky is] a great storyteller; he has done some terrific research, and best of all, he knows how to handle the drama of the era without getting too preachy."--The New York Times Book Review"Oshinsky's elegant and comprehensive biographycan now lay its own claim to being the finest account available of Joe McCarthy's career."--Review in American History"The objectivity and scholarship of A Conspiracy so Immense should make it a standard treatmenta vivid account of the Senator's progress from demagogue to grand inquisitor."--The New Leader"Professor David Oshinsky's A Conspiracy So Immense is the finest book on the period I have read."-Patrick J. Buchanan