Also remember that even today, almost 10 years after the declassification of the Venona Intercepts, the Communist media is still lying about McCarthy:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/mccarthy/
In history textbooks pushed within our public education system, the truth is not told about McCarthy.
I trust that you don't have any of your loved ones in that cesspool!
You point out some good resources with which all Americans should be acquainted. Additionally, while you can slog through the Venona Papers, you can also be inspired by Whittaker Chambers' Witness, or you can take the lazy approach and laugh through Ann Coulter's summary in Treason.