army-mccarthy controversy, 1954

Analyzes the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings and Joseph McCarthy's campaign of fear that was covered by the news media for thirty-six days, describing television's impact on government and how television helped to transform American politics.

Contains eleven essays in which the authors present varying viewpoints on the methods used by Senator Joseph McCarthy in his efforts to expose communists in U.S. government, and offer their assessments of McCarthy and McCarthyism.