Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy

220 Pages·2006·2.348 MB·English

by  Tom Wicker

Shooting Star
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wicker, Tom.
Shooting star: the brief arc of Joe McCarthy/
Tom Wicker.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957. 2. Legislators—United
States—Biography. 3. United States. Congress. Senate—
Biography. 4. Anti-communist movements—United
States—History—20th century. 5. Internal security—
United States—History—20th century. 6. United States—
Politics and government—1945-1953. 7. United States—
Politics and povprnmpnt—1953-1961 I. Title.
’092—dc22 2005020990
ISBN-13: 978-0-15-101082-0 ISBN-10: 0-15-101082-X
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—Robert F. Kennedy

Shooting Star