If you are interested in a major book on Sen. Joe McCarthy, read “Blacklisted By History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies”, by M. Stanton Evans, and old journalist friend of mine, Three Rivers Press, NY, 2007.
I helped Stan on one issue, namely explaining some of the State Department lists that had Soviet spies listed on them. A couple in question were compilations of those individuals and their jobs/agencies they worked for during WW2, not in the later years. A minor point but an important one in the effort to find the real reds in the State Department in the 50’s.
Stan and Herbert Romerstein also wrote the powerful “Stalin’s Secret Agents” about Americans who aided the Soviet cause in the US government, media, etc.
He worked at least 10 years on the McCarthy book which is heavily footnoted and has some documents to look it.
I highly recommend it.
Joe McCarthy was a bastard but he was aiming in the right direction, but his investigations, aided by legal beagle Roy Cohen, hit their targets head-on.
This book will destroy a lot of leftist/liberal/communist myths about the man and his operations in the Senate. That is what is important to know.
Thanks! - The book is in my Amazon cart!