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Author Shogan, Robert.

Title No sense of decency : the Army-McCarthy hearings : a demagogue falls and television takes charge of American politics / Robert Shogan.

Imprint Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.918 M127Ds 2009    ---  Available
Description xii, 320 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-304) and index.
Contents The curtain rises -- A torch in the troubled world -- Racket buster -- The road to Room 318 -- St. Ed and the dragon -- At war with the army -- The soldiering of Private Schine -- Turning the tide -- The purloined letter -- Time out for tears -- To the bitter end -- Unfinished business.
Subject Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954.
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Legislative hearings -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
Television and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781566637701 (cloth : alk. paper)
1566637708 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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