Maurice Rosenblatt and the Fall of Joseph McCarthy

by Shelby Scates

Book Overview

Maurice Rosenblatt was one of the principal behind-the-scenes engineers of the 1954 overthrow of Senator Joseph McCarthy, the rabidly anti-Communist chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Veteran journalist Shelby Scates tells the story of the rise of McCarthy's power to destroy careers and livelihoods with his allegations of subversion, together with the story of Rosenblatt's role in effecting McCarthy's eventual censure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295985941
• ISBN13: 9780295985947
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"