McCarthyism and New York's Hearst Press

A Study of Roles in the Witch Hunt

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

This hard-hitting, meticulously researched study provides an in-depth analysis of the bizarre relationship between Senator Joe McCarthy and the Hearst press from 1942-57. Concentrating on the Journal-American and the Mirror in New York, Tuck looks deep into the center of the controversy and arrives at some surprising conclusions.Contents: The Cold War Within the Hot Water: Hearst as Pioneer; Pre-McCarthy McCarthyism: The Hearst Press and Parnell Thomas; The Hiss Case and the Mindszenty Trial; 1950: The Alliance Forms; 1951-52: The Alliance at High Noon; 1953: The Alliance Cracks; 1954: Fragmentation; 1955-57: The Reign of Silence; Epilogue: McCarthy as Redbaiter An Inquiry.

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Utgivningsdatum:1995-05-09
Mått:140 x 214 x 18 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:University Press of America
ISBN:9780819198785

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Jim Tuck is a freelance author, journalist, and syndicated columnist.

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...traces how a powerful and sometimes reckless, even deliberately deceptive media giant can team with a demagogue to damage individual lives and careers...Though the principal subject of McCarthyism and Hearst is 40 years in the ground, Jim's book reminds us that demagoguery lives...ignore it at our peril.