The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism
- ISBN-10
- 015603039X
- ISBN-13
- 9780156030397
- Series
- The Age of Anxiety
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 652
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Haynes Johnson
Description
A chronicle of the 1950s anti-Communist crusade by Senator Joseph McCarthy details numerous careers and lives that were destroyed by the campaign, and reveals how beliefs originating from the movement are relevant to today's world.
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