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Sen.  Joseph  MCCarthy
[1908-1957]

Joseph McCarthy [1908-57]
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"Joseph McCarthy proved [that] the more ridiculous the charge,
the less possibility there is of defense."
—  John Steinbeck [1902-68]  (in "America & Americans" 1968)

"The Venona project proves [that] McCarthy was right." ~~~ comment on YouTube, 1/2020

"Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir?
At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
—  lawyer Joseph N. Welch [1890-1960], the U.S. Army's chief counsel
before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations's Army–McCarthy hearings, on 9 June 1954

U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy stirred up anti-Communist fears and rose to power
in collusion with the House Un-American Activities Committee during the 1950s,
but his hell-bent disregard for Constitutional rights led to censure by Congress, a failed career,
and a lonely death from alcoholism.

"McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled."
signature of Joe McCarthy


L i n k s
Joseph McCarthy entry at Wikipedia
search books on keywords 'Joseph McCarthy' {returns 800+ titles} at Amazon
Joseph McCarthy listing at Internet Movie Database

Outagamie County Museum McCarthy exhibit
Appleton Wisconsin Library McCarthy exhibit
Webcorp sound & video archive
Army-McCarthy Hearings article at Museum of Broadcast Communications

Hollywood Blacklist Pages
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store



Books  About  Joe  McCarthy
search books on keywords 'Joseph McCarthy' {returns 800+ titles} at Amazon
search books on keyword 'mccarthyism' {returns over 100,000 titles !} at Amazon

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100 Things You Should Know About Communism pamphlet series by The House Committee on Un-American Activities  "100 Things You Should Know About Communism" [1948-49]
by The House Committee on Un-American Activities

collection of six pamphlets: "100 Things You Should Know About Communism ... In The U.S.A.", "... and Religion", "... and Education", "... and Labor", "... and Government", and "Spotlight On Spies"
Wildside Press 10x7 pb [5/2010] for $11.95
McCarthyism / The Fight For America book by Joe McCarthy  "McCarthyism: The Fight For America - Documented Answers To Questions Asked By Friend and Foe" [1952] by Senator Joe McCarthy
said to be 'almost all Jean Kerr's work'
100-page Ayer Co. Publng 11½x8¾ hardcover [6/77] out of print/used

available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive

McCarthy cover & article in Progressive Magazine's April 1954 issue  "McCarthy, A Documented Record" cover story
in the April 1954 The Progressive Magazine

100-page Literary Licensing, LLC 11x8½ magazine facsimile [4/2013] for $23.95
100-page Literary Licensing, LLC 11x8½ hardcover magazine facsimile [4/2013] for $38.95
Joe McCarthy bio by Richard H. Rovere  "Senator Joe McCarthy" [1959 classic]
by Richard H. Rovere, Introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

book recommended by Gore Vidal [1925-2012] on TV talk show circa 1980
Univ CA Press 8x5½ pb [2/96] for $19.95
Borgo Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [12/91] out of print/used
The Committee book by Walter Goodman  "The Committee: The Extraordinary Career of The House Committee On Un-American Activities" [1968] by Walter Goodman
FS&G hardcover [6/68] out of print/used
Thirty Years of Treason book edited by Eric Bentley  "Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts From Hearings Before The House Committee On
Un-American Activities, 1938-1968" [orig 1971] Edited by Eric Bentley

Thunder's Mouth Press 8¼x5½ pb [1/2002] for $24.95
Viking hardcover [11/71] out of print/used
American Inquisition, 1945-1960 book by Cedric Belfrage  "The American Inquisition, 1945-1960: A Profile of The 'McCarthy Era'" [1973]
by Cedric Belfrage

Thunder's Mouth Press 9¼x6¼ pb [10/89] for $10.95
Bobbs-Merrill hardcover [1973] out of print/used
Life & Times of Joe McCarthy book by Thomas C. Reeves  "The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy: A Biography" [1982]
by Thomas C. Reeves

Stein & Day 9x6 pb [7/99] out of print/used
Madison Books 9x6 pb [11/97] out of print/used
Stein & Day hardcover [1/82] out of print/many used
Blond & Briggs 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/82] out of print/used
Politics of Fear / McCarthy book by Robert Griffith  "The Politics of Fear: Joseph R. McCarthy and The Senate" [1970]
by Robert Griffith

Univ MA Press 8½x5½ pb [12/87] for $24.95
Hayden pb [6/71] out of print/used
Univ MA Press hardcover [6/87] out of print/used
Joe McCarthy and the Press book by Edwin R. Bayley  "Joe McCarthy and The Press" [1981] by Edwin R. Bayley
Kindle Edition from Univ Wisconsin Press [1981 edition] for $14.95
Univ Wisconsin Press 9x6¾ pb [10/81] for $24.20
Univ Wisconsin Press 9¼x6 hardcover [8/81] out of print/used
A Conspiracy So Immense book by David M. Oshinsky  "A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy" [orig 1983, rev 2005]
by David M. Oshinsky

Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [9/2005] for $16.47
Free Press hardcover [5/83] out of print/used
Red Scare! Right-Wing Hysteria in Texas book by Don E. Carleton  "Red Scare!: Right-Wing Hysteria, Fifties Fanaticism, and Their Legacy In Texas" [1985] by Don E. Carleton, Foreword by John Henry Faulk
Texas Monthly Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/85] out of print/used
La Grande Menace au Maccarthysme book by Gilles Laprévotte  "La Grande Menace: Le Cinéma Américain Face au Maccarthysme" [1990]
by Gilles Laprévotte, Michel Luciani, Anne-Marie Mangin

"The Great Threat: American Cinema Facing McCarthyism"
Festival International du Film d'Amiens French-language pb [1990] out of print/used
Nightmare in Red   "Nightmare In Red: The McCarthy Era In Perspective" [1990]
by Richard M. Fried

Oxford Univ Press 8x5½ pb [3/91] for $14.95
Oxford Univ Press hardcover [1/90] out of print/used
Age of McCarthyism book by Ellen Schrecker  "The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History With Documents" [1994]
by Ellen Schrecker

Bedford/St. Martin 8¼x5½ pb [11/2001] for $11.94
Palgrave Macmillan 8½x5¾ hardcover [1/2002] out of print/used
Red Scare / the American Inquisition book by Griffin Fariello  "Red Scare: Memories of The American Inquisition - An Oral History" [1995]
by Griffin Fariello

covers 60+ individuals - victims and hunters - in 560 pages (averaging 9 pages each)
Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton & Co. [12/2008] for $16.17
W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6 pb [1980] for $24.17
Avon Books 9x6 pb [5/96] out of print/used
Replica Books 9¼x6 hardcover [12/97] out of print/used
Great American Red Scare book by Albert Fried  
"McCarthyism: The Great American Red Scare - A Documentary History" [1996]
by Albert Fried

Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [12/96] for $36.31
True History of Joseph R. McCarthy brochure by Mrs. Larry Lawrence Lent  "The True History of A Great Patriot: The Late Senator Joseph R. McCarthy" [1998]
by Mrs. Larry Lawrence Lent

36-page pack-of-lies brochure by Joe's secretary
The Government Educational Foundation pb [1998] out of print/SOLD OUT !
Many Are the Crimes / McCarthyism book by Ellen Schrecker  "Many Are The Crimes: McCarthyism In America" [1998] by Ellen Schrecker
"It is no easy task bringing new life to an era already as dissected as the McCarthy era, yet this is what Schrecker accomplishes in a magnificent study of how and why McCarthyism happened and how its shadow still darkens our lives." — Kirkus Reviews
Princeton Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/99] for $38.21
Little, Brown and Co. 9x6 hardcover [5/98] for $30.28
Roth's I Married a Communist novel by Philip Roth   "I Married a Communist" [1998 novel] by Philip Roth [1933-2018]
Decades after the McCarthyism frenzy, Roth's alter ego character Nathan Zuckerman discovers the effects on own his life from the persecution of a high school teacher
Vintage 8x5¼ pb [10/99] for $10.78
Houghton Mifflin 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/98] for $16.38
Dramatizing McCarthyism On Stage, Film & Television book by Brenda Murphy  "Congressional Theatre: Dramatizing McCarthyism On Stage, Film & Television" [1999]
by Brenda Murphy

Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/2002] for $37.99
Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/99] for $85.00
Pour en Finir Avec Le Maccarthysme book by Jean-Paul Török  "Pour en Finir Avec Le Maccarthysme: Lumičres sur La Liste Noire ŕ Hollywood
(To Finish With McCarthyism: Lights On The Black List In Hollywood)" [1999]
by Jean-Paul Török

Editions L'Harmattan French-language 8½x5¼ pb [10/99] for $51.34
McCarthy Reexamined book by Arthur Herman  "Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining The Life & Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator"
[1999] by Arthur Herman

Free Press hardcover [12/99] out of print/used
Television, McCarthyism & American Culture book by Thomas Doherty  "Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism & American Culture" [2003]
by Thomas Doherty

Columbia Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [2/2005] for $23.00
Columbia Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2003] for $71.00
Reds / McCarthyism 2003 book by Ted Morgan  "Reds: McCarthyism In Twentieth-Century America" [2003]
by Ted Morgan

Random House 8x5¼ pb [11/2004] for $11.53
Random House 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2003] for $23.10
Conspiracy So Immense / Joe McCarthy book by David M. Oshinsky  "A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy" [2005]
by David M. Oshinsky

Free Press 9x6 pb [8/2019] for $12.19
Free Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [5/83] out of print/used
Age of Anxiety / McCarthyism book by Haynes Johnson  "The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism To Terrorism" [2005]
by Haynes Johnson

Harvest Books pb [10/2006] for $10.29
Harcourt 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2005] for $17.94
Highbridge ABR audio CD [10/2005] for $23.07
Shooting Star / Joe McCarthy book by Tom Wicker  "Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy" [2006]
by Tom Wicker

Harcourt 7½x5 pb [3/2006] for $14.30
Dark Days in the Newsroom / McCarthyism book by Edward Alwood  "Dark Days In The Newsroom: McCarthyism Aimed At The Press" [2007]
by Edward Alwood

Kindle Edition from Temple Univ Press [2007 edition] for $17.06
Temple Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [6/2007] for $27.24
Temple Univ Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [6/2007] out of print/used
Blacklisted by History book by M. Stanton Evans  "Blacklisted By History: The Real Story of Joseph McCarthy & His Fight Against America's Enemies" [2007] by M. Stanton Evans
'journalist' Evans has written a deceptive & dishonest defense of his hero McCarthy, leaving out any basic fact that shows McCarthy as the lying demagogue that he was
Crown Forum 15x9 hardcover [11/2007] for $19.77
Hollywood On Trial / McCarthyism book by Michael Freedland & Barbra Paskin  "Hollywood On Trial: McCarthyism's War Against The Movies" [2008]
by Michael Freedland, with Barbra Paskin

Anova Books 9½x6 hardcover [4/2008] for $14.29
"Witch Hunt In Hollywood: McCarthyism's War On Tinseltown" [2009]
by Michael Freedland, with Barbra Paskin

Kindle Edition from Aurum Press, Ltd. [7/2014] for $8.99
J.R. Books, Ltd. UK 9¼x6¼ pb [2009] for $25.00
An Honest Reporter in the Age of McCarthyism book by Loren Ghiglione  "CBS's Don Hollenbeck: An Honest Reporter In The Age of McCarthyism" [2008]
by Loren Ghiglione

Newscaster Don Hollenbeck [1905-54] hosted the pioneering, prize-winning radio program "CBS Views The Press" (1947-50), and was later attacked for his anti-establishment views; afraid of losing his job and with many personal problems, including ill health, he committed suicide at age 49
Don Hollenbeck entry at Wikipedia
Kindle Edition from Columbia Univ Press [10/2008] for $18.99
Columbia Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [4/2011] for $34.00
Columbia Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2008] for $56.01

Red Chaser mystery novel by Jon Spoelstra  "Red Chaser: A Noir Thriller of The 1950s, The Cold War, and The Brooklyn Dodgers" mystery novel [2008] by Jon Spoelstra
Brooklyn 1951: Jake returns from five years hunting Nazis in postwar Germany and becomes a private detective; he tangles with a spy network run by a gorgeous redhead, blackmailers, and Joe McCarthy - which interferes with his main focus in life, the Dodgers and the race for the baseball World Series
Kindle Edition from indep [12/2008] for $2.99
indep 9x6 pb [7/2020] for $12.95
No Sense of Decency / Army-McCarthy Hearings book by Robert Shogan  "No Sense of Decency: The Army-McCarthy Hearings - A Demagogue Falls and Television Takes Charge of American Politics" [2009] by Robert Shogan
Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8¾x5½ hardcover [2/2009] for $18.15
Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy book by James Cross Giblin  "The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy" [ages 12 & up; 2009]
by James Cross Giblin

Kindle Edition from Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [12/2009] for $16.99
Clarion Books 10x7½ hardcover [12/2009] for $27.44
The Fear Within book by Scott Martelle  "The Fear Within: Spies, Commies, and American Democracy On Trial" [2011]
by Scott Martelle

One of the early events in the Red Scare-McCarthyism era was the 1948 F.B.I. arrest and farcical 1949 trial of eleven leaders of the Communist Party in New York; the hysteria was so strong that the judge sentenced the defense lawyers to prison too.
Kindle Edition from Rutgers Univ Press [5/2011] for $30.35 {sic}
Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2011] for $19.00
Le Maccarthysme ou La Peur Rouge book by Christel Lamboley  "Le Maccarthysme: ou, La Peur Rouge: La Croisade Américaine Contre Le Communisme (Grands Événements #30)" [2015] by Christel Lamboley
"McCarthyism or Red Fear: The American Crusade Against Communism (Great Events)"
French-language Kindle Edition from 50minutes [7/2015] for $4.99
50minutes French-language 8x5 pb [7/2015] for $11.99

"A Lesson On How To Survive Trumpism – From The McCarthy Era" by Ellen Schrecker [2017]
read 9 January 2017 article free online at The Nation Magazine

"Trumpism Is The New McCarthyism" by Ellen Schrecker [2018]
read 21 May 2018 article free online at The Nation Magazine

The Ghost Script graphic novel by Jules Feiffer  "The Ghost Script: A Graphic Novel" [2018] by Jules Feiffer
The concluding book of Jules Feiffer's hardboiled noir graphic novel trilogy - after "Kill My Mother" and prequel "Cousin Joseph" - evokes McCarthyism and the Hollywood Blacklist
Kindle Edition from Liveright [7/2018] for $16.00
Liveright 11¼x8 hardcover [7/2018] for $16.84
Saint Joseph of Wisconsin hagiography by M.S. King  "Saint Joseph of Wisconsin: The Heroic True Story of Senator Joseph McCarthy That Fake News & Fake Historians Don't Want You to Know" [2018] by M.S. King
mindless drivel from conspiracy theorist ('global warming is a hoax') author
- waste of money, waste of time

Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [8/2018] for $8.35
available as free online .PDF file at author's website
Demagogue Joe McCarthy book by Larry Tye  "Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy" [2020]  7/2020
by Larry Tye

Kindle Edition from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [7/2020] for $15.99
Mariner Books 8x5¼ pb [4/2021] PRE-ORDER for $19.99
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9x6 hardcover [7/2020] for $27.34


Videos  &  DVDs  About  Joe  McCarthy

                             

  • 1954 March 9: The "See It Now" (CBS News) program televised a report {[video 25:50]} produced by Fred Friendly and hosted by Edward R. Murrow that exposed the 'hysterical disregard for the Constitution' of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy using his own speeches and statements.
  • 1954 April 6: Four weeks after Edward R. Murrow's on-air exposé, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy delivered a filmed response {[video 26:35]} on "See It Now" (CBS News) charging that Murrow had in the past "engaged in propaganda for Communist causes".
  • 1954 April 13: Murrow ended the next week's "See It Now" program with a rebuttal to McCarthy's false accusations {[video 6:31]}.
  • "Good  Night,  And,  Good  Luck."
    [Warner Independent Oct 2005]
    Good Night, and Good Luck poster  TV newsman Edward R. Murrow airs a story about a man discharged from the Navy without a trial. Murrow is accused of being a 'Communist sympathizer', and the C.B.S. news team goes on the offensive. "See It Now" airs a series of shows detailing the lies and un-Constitutional tactics of Senator Joe McCarthy, leading to McCarthy's censure by the U.S. Senate • Co-written & directed by & co-starring George Clooney; starring David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., Frank Langella, with Joseph McCarthy via archive footage; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Script, Best Actor {DS, of course), Best Cinematograpy & Best Art Direction {no wins}
    Warner widescreen b&w Blu-ray [8/2006] for $14.99
    Warner widescreen b&w DVD [3/2006] for $11.51
    full credits from IMDbofficial moviesitemovie entry at Wikipedia
    watch official trailer [5/2014 upload; 2:30] online at YouTube

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    "Committee On Un-American Activities" documentary film [independent 1962]
    Committee On Un-American Activities 1962 documentary film  45-minute mostly b&w documentary covering the House Un-American Activities Committee from 1930s to 1962; Joe McCarthy is not included here because he was in the Senate • Produced, written, directed & edited by Robert Carl Cohen; featuring Sebastián Cardero, Wyatt Tee Walker, Urban Whitaker, Marshal Windmiller, Burton H. Wolfe; with archive footage of Earl Browder, Phillip Burton, Committee Chairman Martin Dies, Fritz Kuhn, August E. Johansen, William Mandel, Robert A. Meisenbach, Edward L. Peet, Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Gordon Scherer, Bernard Selber, J. Parnell Thomas, Harry S. Truman, Francis E. Walter, Jack L. Warner, Frank Wilkinson; with archive voice recordings of Matthew C. Carberry, Lillian Hellman, Eric Johnston
    DVD available at Radical Filmsfull credits at IMDb

    "Biography with Mike Wallace: Senator Joseph McCarthy" [Wolper Prodns 1962]
    Senator Joseph McCarthy episode of 'Biography with Mike Wallace'  Produced & directed by Alan Landsburg; co-written by Jack Haley Jr. & Al Ramrus
    VHS tape includes episodes on McCarthy, Eisenhower, and De Gaulle
    DVD/Blu-ray not available • Easton Press Video VHS [undated] out of prodn/used
    credits at IMDbwatch b&w episode [7/2020 upload; 24:22] online at YouTube

    "Point of Order!" [Continental Distributing Jan 1964]
    poster for Point of Order! 1964 docu film  Point of Order! 1964 docu film on DVD  compiled from footage of the televised Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954 • Co-produced & directed by Emile de Antonio [1920-89]; with archive footage featuring lawyer Roy M. Cohn, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator from Arkansas John L. McClellan, U.S. Senator from South Dakota Karl E. Mundt, Pvt. G. David Schine, U.S. Senator from Missouri Stuart Symington, counsel Joseph N. Welch; listed at National Film Registry in 1993
    New Yorker Video b&w DVD [11/2005] for $75.00
    New Yorker Video b&w VHS [2/99] out of prodn/used
    full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

    "McCarthyism: Past, Present, Future" [aired 16 May 1966]
    Season 1, Episode 10 of "Firing Line with William F. Buckley, Jr."
    1966 'McCarthyism' episode of   Buckley promotes the notion that Joe McCarthy's only error was 'oversimplification' while guest Leo Cherne points out that McCarthy spoke outright lies • Directed by Al De Caprio; with host William F. Buckley Jr., moderator John Scott, featuring Leo Cherne
    WOR-TV color DVD [11/2008] for $10.00
    full credits at IMDb

    McCarthy / Witch Hunter docu film  "McCarthy: Death of A Witch Hunter" [1975]
    Directed by Emile de Antonio [1920-89]; hosted by Paul Newman, with archive footage featuring lawyer Roy M. Cohn, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Alger Hiss, Robert F. Kennedy, Prof. Owen Lattimore (Johns Hopkins University), Sen. Joseph McCarthy, Sen. John L. McClellan, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ethel & Julius Rosenberg, Sen. Stuart Symington, Harry S. Trumanfull credits at IMDb
    M.P.I. Home Video b&w VHS [5/2001] out of prodn/scarce

    "Tail Gunner Joe" TV biopic [NBC-TV Feb 1977]
    'Tail Gunner Joe' 1977 TV biopic starring Peter Boyle  "A [3-hour] dramatization of the life of Joe McCarthy, the alcoholic senator from Wisconsin whose tactic of accusing prominent people of Communist sympathies was initially designed to give him a national power base [as] he later planned to run for President."
    Produced by George Eckstein & Norman Chandler Fox; directed by Jud Taylor; written by Lane Slate; starring Peter Boyle {as Joe McCarthy}, George Wyner {as Roy Cohn}, Burgess Meredith {as Joseph Welch}, Patricia Neal {as Sen. Margaret Chase Smith}, Karen Carlson {as Jean Kerr}, John Carradine, Ned Beatty, John Forsythe, Heather Menzies-Urich, Jean Stapleton, Philip Abbott, Wesley Addy, Charles Cioffi, Diana Douglas, Andrew Duggan {as Dwight Eisenhower}, Henry Jones, Murray Matheson, Allan Miller, Tim O'Connor, Alan Oppenheimer, Addison Powell, Andrew Prine, John Randolph, Allan Rich, William Schallert, Simon Scott, Robert F. Simon, Lin McCarthy, Kelly Jean Peters, Robert Symonds {as Harry Truman}, Charles Siebert, Sam Chew Jr. {as Robert F. Kennedy}, John Chappell, Herb Voland, Edward Anhalt, Alan Hewitt, Howard Hesseman, Jack Bannon, Charles Macaulay, Richard M. Dixon {as Sen. Richard M. Nixon}, Wallace Rooney, Morgan Upton, Shirley O'Hara, George Petrie, Dallas Mitchell, James O'Connell, Devra Korwin, John Anderson, Gary Greene; nominated for six Emmy awards and won for Best Writing and for Best Supporting Actor {BM}
    VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
    watch full movie [11/2016 upload; 2:42:40] online at YouTube
    McCarthy book by Roy Cohn  
    "McCarthy: The Answer To Tail Gunner Joe" [orig 1968, TV tie-in 1977]
    by Roy Cohn: The Man Who Knew Him Best

    Manor Books mass pb [1977] out of print/used
    Lancer Books 8½x5¾ pb [1968] out of print/used
    New American Library 8½x55¾ hardcover [1968] out of print/used

    Joe Mccarthy 'sweeping' the Capitol clean  "An American Ism: Joe McCarthy" [1978]
    Directed by Glenn Silber

    VHS available online at First Run / Icarus
    no listing found at IMDb (2020)
    Murrow / McCarthy Years   "Edward R. Murrow: The McCarthy Years" [1991]
    from C.B.S. News archives
    New Video Group b&w DVD [5/2005] for $21.99
    Murrow's credits at IMDb
    Edward R. Murrow Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

    "Citizen Cohn" TV movie [Viacom/H.B.O. Aug 1992]
    Citizen Cohn tv movie  A harsh look at the life of McCarthy henchman Cohn, in flashbacks as he lies dying of AIDS • Directed by Frank Pierson; telescript by David Franzoni, based on the book by Nicholas von Hoffman; starring James Woods {as attorney Roy M. Cohn}, Joe Don Baker {as Sen. McCarthy}, Ed Flanders, Joseph Bologna, Pat Hingle, Frederic Forrest, Lee Grant, David Marshall Grant & Fritz Weaver; nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding TV Movie, Outstanding Director (Miniseries), Outstanding Script (Miniseries), Outstanding Lead Actor [JW], Outstanding Supporting Actress [LG], seven others, won 3 minor Emmy Awards; won a Peabody Award
    H.B.O. widescreen color DVD [9/2012] for $17.99
    H.B.O. color DVD [7/2001] out of prodn/used
    H.B.O. color VHS [9/97] out of prodn/used
    full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
    watch official trailer [10/2014 upload; 1:48] online at YouTube
    watch full movie [2/2019 upload; 1:51:37] online at YouTube
    Citizen Cohn book by Nicholas von Hoffman  
    "Citizen Cohn: The Life & Times of Roy Cohn" [1988]
    by Nicholas von Hoffman

    Bantam mass pb [11/88] out of print/used
    Bantam mass pb [11/88] out of print/used
    Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [3/88] out of print/50+ used

    "The Crucible" [Fox Nov 1996]
    Miller's 'The Crucible' video  
    Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' movie poster  
    A powerful parable of the Congressional witchhunts that were led by Sen. Joe McCarthy in 1950s America. Directed by Nicholas Hytner; script by Arthur Miller [1915-2005] from his 1953 play; starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen & Bruce Davison; Oscar nominations for Best Actress [JA] & Best Script; nominated for Best Script BAFTA, Scofield won BAFTA for Best Actor
    Fox widescreen DVD [6/2004] for $11.98
    Fox widescreen VHS [9/2001] for $9.48
    Fox color VHS [4/2002] for $9.48
    R.C.A. soundtrack CD [11/96] out of prodn/used
    full credits from IMDb
    11"x17" black poster {at left} no longer available at Amazon
    11"x17" white poster {above} from Amazon for $14.15

    playscript: Penguin 8x5 pb [3/2003] for $8.80
    Critical Edition, edited by Gerald Weales: Viking pb [1/96] for $11.56
    play credits at Internet Broadway Database

    "Cradle Will Rock" [Touchstone Dec 1999]
    Cradle Will Rock video  The Great Depression, labor politics, the McCarthy madness, and their effect on a group of actors & writers working to rehearse a leftist musical drama • Written & directed by Tim Robbins; starring Hank Azaria, Rubén Blades, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Cary Elwes, Philip Baker Hall, Bill Murray, Vanessa Redgrave, Susan Sarandon, John Turturro, Emily Watson & Bob Balaban
    Buena Vista color DVD [4/2003] for $13.49
    Touchstone color VHS [10/2002] for $9.99
    RCA soundtrack CD [12/99] for $17.98
    full credits from IMDbcredits of the play within the movie at Internet Broadway Database

    "The Real American: Joe McCarthy" [Eikon Media GmbH/Corinth Films 2012]
    Real American Joe McCarthy docufilm  An unflinching look at the rise and fall of one of the most infamous political figures in U.S. history • Co-produced, co-written & directed by Lutz Hachmeister; co-written by Simone Höller & co-producer Annkatrin Schiller; starring John Sessions {as Joe McCarthy}, Justine Waddell, Trystan Gravelle {as Roy M. Cohn}, James Garnon {as Richard Nixon}, Philip Bulcock, Tim Ahern, Ryan McCluskey, Toby Longworth, Mark Plonsky, Morgan Deare, Shaun Lawton, Esther Zimmering, Liam Mockridge {as young Joe McCarthy}, Spencer O'Brien {as student Joe McCarthy}, Philip Rosch, Cosima Shaw, Daniel Fritz, Jesse Inman, Jeff Caster, journalist Carl Bernstein, editor Ben Bradlee, Peter Brooke (ABC News anchor), Ann Coulter, Mae Hughes, James Juliana, Henry Kissinger, Joseph Nye; with archive footage of: Joseph McCarthy, Constance Bennett, Roy M. Cohn, boxer Jack Dempsey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, beat poet Allen Ginsberg (voice), J. Edgar Hoover, Jean Kerr Minetti, Edward R. Murrow, Richard M. Nixon, G. David Schine • full credits at IMDb
    Film Movement color DVD [3/2018] for $29.95
    watch official trailer [7/2018 upload; 1:56] online at YouTube

    "Where’s My Roy Cohn?" documentary film [Sony Pictures Classics Sept 2019]
    Where’s My Roy Cohn? documentary film  film explores how Joseph McCarthy’s ex-aide Roy Cohn mentored Donald Trump & Roger Stone • Co-produced & directed by Matt Tyrnauer; featuring: Ken Auletta, Marie Brenner, Robert Cohen, historian Thomas Doherty, Joseph Epstein, Nikki Haskell, David Cay Johnston, Elizabeth Kabler, Martin London, David Marcus, Gary Marcus, Sam Roberts, Anne Roiphe, David Rosenthal, protégé Roger Stone, gossip columnist Liz Smith, Peter Sudler, John Vassallo, boyfriend Adam Wallace, Jim Zirin; with archive footage of: Roy M. Cohn, John G. Adams, John Anderson, father Al Cohn, mother Dora Cohn, Walter Cronkite, Thomas Eagleton, Geraldine A. Ferraro, Carmine Galante, John Gotti, J. Edgar Hoover, Ray Jenkins, Irving Kaufman, Larry King, Jack Mangan, Bernie Marcus, Charles Martensen, Joseph McCarthy, Robert Morgenthau, Karl E. Mundt, Rupert Murdoch, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, Steve Rubell, Morley Safer, Tony Salerno, Pvt. G. David Schine, Tom Snyder, Harry S. Truman (voice), protégé Donald Trump, Fred Trump, Mike Wallace, Barbara Walters, Joseph N. Welch
    Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [12/2019] for $26.62
    Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD w/multi-language subtitles [12/2019] for $17.79
    full credits at IMDbofficial movie site
    watch 1/2019 interview of director Matt Tyrnauer [34:48] online at YouTube
    watch 7/2019 official trailer [2:02] online at YouTube

    "McCarthy: Power Feeds On Fear" [P.B.S. Jan 2020]
    McCarthy - Power Feeds on Fear episode of 'American Experience'  two-hour Season 32, Episode 1 of the "American Experience" TV series [since 1988]
    Directed by Sharon Grimberg; featuring David Oshinsky, historian Thomas Doherty, historian Jelani Cobb, and featuring archive footage of Joseph McCarthy, Joseph N. Welch, attorney Roy M. Cohn
    P.B.S. Direct Video widescreen color DVD [2/2020] for $17.79
    bare credits at IMDbofficial P.B.S. movie homepage
    watch 11/2019 official promo [1:48] online at YouTube
    watch 'Decency' excerpt [5/2020 upload; 5:46] online at YouTube

    Videos  of  Joe McCarthy  on  Television

    "Longines Chronoscope" TV interview series [CBS-TV 1951-55]
    Longines Chronoscope interview of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, September 1952   15-minute episode aired 25 June 1952; hosts Donald I. Rogers & William Bradford Huie interview Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI); topics include his recent speaking tour, his speeches against the Truman administration, his recent primary election victory, and the origin of the term 'McCarthyism'
    DVD contains four interview shows: 60-minute U.S. National Archives b&w DVD [3/2009] for $18.95
    bare credits at IMDbwatch full episode [1/2011 upload; 14:36] online at YouTube
    15-minute episode aired 28 Sept 1952; hosts Henry Hazlitt & William Bradford Huie interview Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI); topics include his recent speaking tour supporting the Eisenhower/Nixon ticket, his recent primary election victory, and the origin of the term 'McCarthyism'
    DVD contains four interview shows: 60-minute U.S. National Archives b&w DVD [3/2009] for $18.95
    bare credits at IMDbwatch full episode [12/2010 upload; 14:39] online at YouTube

    "See It Now: A Report On Senator Joseph R. McCarthy" [CBS-TV aired 9 March 1954]
    hosted by Edward R. Murrow [1908-65]
    watch kinescope of full program [11/2014 upload; 25:50] online at YouTube

    "See It Now: Joseph McCarthy Denounces Edward R. Murrow" [CBS-TV aired 6 April 1954]
    hosted by Edward R. Murrow [1908-65]
    watch kinescope of full program [10/2015 upload; 26:35] online at YouTube

    "See It Now: Edward R. Murrow Denounces Joseph McCarthy" [CBS-TV aired 13 April 1954]
    Murrow ended the next week's program with a rebuttal to McCarthy's false accusations
    watch kinescope of final segment [8/2018 upload; 6:31] online at YouTube

    "Face The Nation" [CBS-TV aired 7 Nov 1954]
    Debut of the C.B.S. News program with host Ted Koop; the first guest was Sen. Joseph McCarthy
    watch kinescope of opening segment [3/2012 upload; 4:18] online at YouTube

    The rock band R.E.M. sampled some of the audio from the Army-McCarthy hearings for their song "Exhuming McCarthy", on their 1987 album "Document".


    Image  Gallery

    Joseph McCarthy in his WW2 uniform         1951 TIME Magazine cover of Joe McCarthy         U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy and his wife/colleague Jean Kerr Mccarthy         1954 TIME Magazine cover of Joe McCarthy         


    Family & Friends & Colleagues
    Joseph Raymond McCarthy was born in November 1908 in Grand Chute, Wisconsin; elected to U.S. Senate in 1946; he was chairman of the
    Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 1953-1954, the Senate voted to censure him by a vote of 67-22 on 2 December 1954;
    he died of alcohol-related hepatitis at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland on 2 May 1957 at age 48.

    wife Jean Kerr McCarthy Minetti [d. 1979] - married 1953, widowed 1957
    adopted daughter Tierney Josephine McCarthy Grinivac [b. 1957]


    lawyer Roy M. Cohn [1927-86]
    chief counsel & 'chief hatchet man' on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn
    Spirit of America Bookstore's evil bastid Roy M. Cohn [1927-86] Page

    Robert F. Kennedy [1925-68]
    RFK was an assistant counsel on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy

    lawyer Joseph N. Welch [1890-1960]
    the U.S. Army's chief counsel for the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_N._Welch


    here on the Sen. Joseph McCarthy [1908-57] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

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