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'''Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy''' (November 14, 1908 - May 2, 1957) was an American]] politician who served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in which [[Cold War]] tensions fueled fears of widespread [[Communist Party|Communist]] subversion.<ref>
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'''Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy''' (November 14, 1908 - May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in which [[Cold War]] tensions fueled fears of widespread [[Communist Party|Communist]] subversion.<ref>
 
For a history of this period, see, for example:<br/>
 
For a history of this period, see, for example:<br/>
 
David Caute {{cite book | first = David  | last = Caute  | authorlink = David Caute| title= The Great Fear: The Anti-Communist Purge Under Truman and Eisenhower  | publisher= [[Simon & Schuster]]  | year= 1978  | isbn= 0671226827}};
 
David Caute {{cite book | first = David  | last = Caute  | authorlink = David Caute| title= The Great Fear: The Anti-Communist Purge Under Truman and Eisenhower  | publisher= [[Simon & Schuster]]  | year= 1978  | isbn= 0671226827}};

Revision as of 09:29, 21 April 2011

Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy (November 14, 1908 - May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion.[1] He was noted for making claims that there were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the United States federal government and elsewhere.

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  1. For a history of this period, see, for example:
    David Caute The Great Fear: The Anti-Communist Purge Under Truman and Eisenhower.  Simon & Schuster . ISBN 0671226827. ; Richard M. Fried Nightmare in Red: The McCarthy Era in Perspective.  Oxford University Press . ISBN 0-19-504361-8. ; Ellen Schrecker Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America.  Little, Brown . ISBN 0-316-77470-7.