Was Joe McCarthy a bellicose, shameless witch-hunter who whipped up hysteria, ruined the reputation of innocents, and unleashed a destructive carnival of smears and guilt-by-association accusations? Were McCarthy and McCarthyism the worst things to happen to American politics in the postwar era? Or was McCarthy just a well-intentioned politician who seized a legitimate issue with the fervor of a true believer? Perhaps something in between. For the first time, here is a biography of Joe McC...

A collection of 67 original recordings of speeches significant in United States and world history. Hear presidents, politicians, activists, sports figures and more in their own words as they talk about some of the most important events in the 20th century.

Joseph McCarthy's career in the United States Senate was a tempestuous one to say the least. Elected in 1947 as Republican U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, he is most noted for his campaigns to eliminate Communists from the State Department, the U.S. Army and various government agencies. Many are unaware of his struggles regarding the taxes that he filed beginning in 1943 when he was on leave from his job as a Circuit Court judge from Appleton, Wisconsin. As a U.S. Marine McCarthy invested in ...

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"It's the unknown that gets us. I mean, where are they? They have to be somewhere ..."-AnonymousNo Trace features fifteen tales of disappearances from some of today's newest writers that tell the stories of the vanished.Some are poignant, some are terrifying. Others you can see unfolding in your mind's eye.All will leave you wondering.Featured Contributors:Glen Damien Campbell & Jennifer Gilbert-Campbell, Adjie Henderson, Wil...

This vivid story from an Anglo-Irish-American veteran of World War II tells firsthand of the terror and hardship of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz on London and the bravery of the British during those eighteen months when they stood alone against Germany and Italy. Tapping into the memories etched deeply into his mind while a young man, McCarthy tells of his coming of age in war-torn London. His unique perspective as an Irishman born in Wales, raised in London, and immigrated to the U...

The full, little-known story of how President Dwight Eisenhower masterminded the downfall of the anti-Communist demagogue Senator Joseph McCarthy is “a gripping, detailed account of how the executive branch subtly but decisively defeated one of America’s most dangerous demagogues” (The Washington Post).They shook hands for the cameras, but Dwight Eisenhower privately abhorred Senator Joseph McCarthy, the powerful Republican senator notorious for his anti-C...

Republican extremism is running amok. How did the GOP get in this mess? Robert Brent Toplin shows the radical shift occurred long before Donald Trump entered the White House. An early sign of trouble occurred in the 1950s when Joseph McCarthy engaged in reckless demagoguery. In later decades militants purged moderates, rejected compromise, and disparaged political opponents. Now extremism poses a crisis for the United States and the world. This gripping narrative, loaded with fascinating d...

By 1950 General George C. Marshall was seen by the American public an outstanding hero of their time; his masterful direction as chief of the US Army Staff during World War Two has set him up as an almost unassailable public figure. However hardline senator Joseph McCarthy took no prisoners, and in this well researched account, he takes a furious swipe at the General. Although future generations were only to know McCarthy for his ill-advised witchhunts later in his career, this book still ...

Because That's Where Your Heart is a collection of short stories that are all about passion! The 16 selected writers share different perspectives on what really moves hearts and souls, with tales of love enduring, of desire, of longing, of losing and finding – stories that are full of wildness.With collaborations by Mike Adamson, Joseph Anderson, T.L. Bodine, Malina Douglas, Ummkulthum Hassan, D. Anne Hines, Hullabaloo22, Valerie Hunter, Ellen McCarthy, R. Tim Morris, Sam Muller, P...

The remarkable run of self-proclaimed "democratic socialist" Bernie Sanders for president of the United States has prompted-for the first time in decades and to the shock of many-a national conversation about socialism. A New York Times poll in late November found that a majority of Democrats had a favorable view of socialism, and in New Hampshire in February, more than half of Democratic voters under 35 told the Boston Globe they call themselves socialists. It's unclear exactly w...

Golden City is a historical-fiction novel. It is a woman's journal of hope and enlightenment during a time of extreme hardship and conflict, and is based on the voyage of the sailing ship "Golden City" that transported Irish immigrants to Queensland, Australia in 1865.Emily is convinced by her husband to leave her home and family and join other steerage passengers on a journey to a promising new land. She soon realizes this may have been a mistake when she discovers the poor condit...