The rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy
By: by James Cross Giblin.
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780618610587
Subjects: McCarthy, Joseph, -- 1908-1957 -- Juvenile literature; United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature; Legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature; Biography
Table of contents: title: Prologue: More powerful than the president; title: Chickens, groceries, and a high school diploma; title: Days and nights at Marquette; title: Joe's first campaign; title: Judge McCarthy; title: "Tail Gunner Joe"; title: One fight ends, another begins; title: Defeating a legend; title: Newcomer in Washington; title: Charges of torture; title: The speech that started it all; title: Where's the evidence?; title: "The top Russian spy"; title: War breaks out in Korea; title: Revenge; title: "We like Ike!"; title: The missing paragraph; title: "I can investigate anybody"; title: Cohn and Schine go to Europe; title: McCarthy gets married; title: The dangerous dentist; title: Grilling General Zwicker; title: Exposed on television; title: A devastating report; title: McCarthy on the receiving end; title: "Have you no sense of decency, sir?"; title: Censured; title: "His time to die"; title: Epilogue: Another McCarthy?; title: After McCarthy's death.