In other words, McCarthyism, properly understood, is about how people behave when there really is reason for concern or even alarm, as there was in McCarthy’s day. But, if Spiegel wants to make ...

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 ...

This communist witch hunt therefore became known as ‘McCarthyism’. The term also refers to outlandish, sensationalist, unproven accusations of communist sympathy and connections. McCarthy's ...

Joseph McCarthy's (R-Wisc ... He recalled that the "necessity of resistance" to McCarthyism fundamentally transformed his family, and that he learned the importance of remaining silent in ...

In 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy declared to Congress that Far East scholar Owen Lattimore was a "top Russian spy." Lattimore tried to clear his name before two congressional committees.

Senator Joseph McCarthy made headline news after he proclaimed that he had a list of Communists in the State Department. Browse our selection of Herblock editorial cartoons and other graphic art ...

A Green Feather Group of "Merry Men" will be organized here in the next few weeks in order to fight McCarthyism ... Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.), said last night that he will lead the Green ...

The officials found McCarthy's gang guilty of three successes rule infractions, and the danger dissipated on the 22 yard line. The first brush with McCarthyism was thus scary, but indecisive.

Joe McCarthy to expose an alleged communist spy ring in the US government. It was then that the nightmare of McCarthyism and the witch hunt took hold of America. If we are not careful and ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This Longines Chronoscope interview from December 1951 focuses on the issue of McCarthyism and the threat of communism in the United States.