In 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy declared to Congress that Far ... He was eventually exonerated but those hearings took a lasting economic and personal toll on the scholar. Here's how they worked.

Senator Joseph McCarthy (right) and Senator Karl Mundt (left) being interviewed by the media after initial discussions in the 36 days of the Army-McCarthy hearings in the Senate McCarthy’s most ...

Senator Margaret Chase Smith asked Senator Joseph McCarthy for evidence to support his allegations of communists in the State Department, but he ignored her requests. In June 1950, Smith ...