Giblin, James.

The rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy / by James Cross Giblin. - Boston : Clarion Books, 2009. - 294 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Prologue: More powerful than the president -- Chickens, groceries, and a high school diploma -- Days and nights at Marquette -- Joe's first campaign -- Judge McCarthy -- "Tail Gunner Joe" -- One fight ends, another begins -- Defeating a legend -- Newcomer in Washington -- Charges of torture -- The speech that started it all -- Where's the evidence? -- "The top Russian spy" -- War breaks out in Korea -- Revenge -- "We like Ike!" -- The missing paragraph -- "I can investigate anybody" -- Cohn and Schine go to Europe -- McCarthy gets married -- The dangerous dentist -- Grilling General Zwicker -- Exposed on television -- A devastating report -- McCarthy on the receiving end -- "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" -- Censured -- "His time to die" -- Epilogue: Another McCarthy? -- After McCarthy's death.

ISBN: 9780618610587

LCCN: 2009015005

Subjects--Personal Names:
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Anti-communist movements--History.--United States
Legislators--United States--Biography.

LC Class. No.: E748.M143 / G535 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 973.921092