A conspiracy so immense
Subtitle: the world of Joe McCarthy
By: David M. Oshinsky.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 597
ISBN-13: 9780195154245
Subjects: McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Internal security -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In this newly updated paperback edition of A Conspiracy So Immense, David Oshinsky presents us with a work heralded as the finest account available of Joe McCarthy's colorful career." "With a storyteller's eye for the dramatic, a scrupulous regard for fact, and insightful interpretation of human complexity, Oshinsky uncovers the layers of myth to show us the true McCarthy. We see the Senator from his humble beginnings as a hardworking Irish farmer's son in Wisconsin, to his career as a charismatic - and ultimately scorned - architect of the anti-Communist fervor. A Conspiracy So Immense reveals the internal and external forces that launched McCarthy on this political road, carried him to national prominence, and finally, triggered his decline and fall. More than the life of an intensely, even pathologically, ambitious man, this book is a fascinating portrait of American in the grip of Cold War fear, anger, suspicion, and betrayal." "Complete with a new preface analyzing the ever-changing public view of McCarthy, A Conspiracy So Immense reminds us that few politicians in our history have had the emotional impact of a Joe McCarthy - to terrify, fascinate, and, ultimately, to divide the nation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 565-579) and index.
Originally published: New York : The Free Press, 1983. With new pref.