“Provocative and well written, the book is really an extended argument, with Herman as interested in skinning liberals as he is in McCarthy’s story.”
Herman’s work reconsiders the career of Senator McCarthy, particularly with respect to his investigations of suspected domestic spies for the Soviet Union. Herman explains that a new understanding this issue has been gained from sources such as the Venona intercepts (which began to be made available in 1995). This information shows that McCarthy, though often harsh, inappropriate, and prone to exaggeration, might have been on the right track in terms of his suspicions of some Americans’ loyalties during the period.
“Provocative and well written, the book is really an extended argument, with Herman as interested in skinning liberals as he is in McCarthy’s story.”
Library Journal
“The book will surely be controversial and subject to attack from all sides, for its author insists that we must hold McCarthy’s enemies and victims to the same standards to which we hold him. McCarthy himself was as much a phenomenon as McCarthyism.”
Publisher’s Weekly
“A combative corrective to the view of McCarthy as red-baiting demagogue that finds the true villains in the liberal establishment and the mainstream media.”
Kirkus Reviews
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