To Strike at a King: The Turning Point in the McCarthy Witch-Hunt
In 1953 the U.S. Air Force attempted to discharge a young  lieutenant because his father may have read a communist magazine and his  sister was a left-wing radical. They bit off more than they could chew.  The producer of Edward R. Murrow's famous television show said Murrow was  looking for a way to dramatize the excesses of McCarthyism. For him, the  Radulovich case was made to order.Author Mike Ranville's book follows the entire case day by day, and the  rip tide that ensued. He looked up Milo and interviewed him and his  family at length. He researched the hearing and talked to as many of the  participants as he could find. And he spent hours discussing the  resulting television show with producer Fred W. Friendly. Heroes and  villains turn up on every page, and the first day of Lt. Radulovich's  ordeal is as suspenseful as the last.The title of the book comes from a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "When  you strike at a king, you must kill him." It is said Murrow kept this  quote in mind as he prepared his attack against that formidable witch  hunter, Senator Joseph McCarthy. Ranville's book describes in detail how  the battle unfolded.