Ordeal by Slander

by Owen Lattimore

Book Overview

Joseph McCarthy was not yet a household name in 1950 when Owen Lattimore was labeled by the senator from Wisconsin as the "top Russian espionage agent in the country." Lattimore, in Kabul,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0007DN41W
• Release Date: January 1950
• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Catastrophic Consequences Of Being Slandered

This is one of the most important books ever written about the horrible social and psychological consequences of being a slander victim. "Tail Gunner" Senator Joe McCarthy radicalized his Communist paranoia hysteria to such an extreme in the 1950's that he attempted to destroy the lives of some very innocent people.