{"product_id":"senator-joe-mccarthy-paperback","title":"Senator Joe McCarthy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard H. Rovere\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAuthur M. Schlesinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Senator Joseph McCarthy's rise to unprecedented power and the decline of his influence is a dramatic one. Richard Rovere documents the process by which a clever, power hungry individual came to mislead and manipulate members of Congress and the American public and to damage countless lives. A new foreword for this edition by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. places the book in historical context and relates it to current issues in American public life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe definitive job, and I can't imagine what else there is to say about him.--Walter Lippman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an appraisal without apology. If its judgments are uncompromising, they are also given without rancor, indeed with an air of almost sympathetic curiosity about the phenomenon that was McCarthy. . . . It is no surprise that [Rovere's] book is a vividly written, sophisticated recreation of a political episode whose manic qualities already begin to seem unbelievable.--Anthony Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe definitive job, and I can't imagine what else there is to say about him.--Walter Lippman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an appraisal without apology. If its judgments are uncompromising, they are also given without rancor, indeed with an air of almost sympathetic curiosity about the phenomenon that was McCarthy. . . . It is no surprise that [Rovere's] book is a vividly written, sophisticated recreation of a political episode whose manic qualities already begin to seem unbelievable.\"--Anthony Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard H. Rovere\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-1979) was a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer, Washington correspondent for 11 years at the time he wrote this book. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eAffairs of State: The Eisenhower Years\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., \u003ci\u003eGeneral MacArthur and President Truman: The Struggle for Control of American Foreign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 7.96 x 5.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736942317631,"sku":"9780520204720","price":69.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/17d52906b70feff26a34b7e139233939.webp?v=1765148348","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/senator-joe-mccarthy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}