McCarthy's Abuse of Power By: Jason van Warmerdam E-mail: consolidated1979@hotmail.com In 1954 a young junior Senator from the state of Wisconsin held the entire Senate in the palm of his hand. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy used an aggressive strategy of lies, personal attacks, and propaganda in an aggressive attempt to gain power. Was Senator McCarthy a crusader for the common good of the people or was he the ringleader of a witch-hunt seeking only …showed first 75 words of 2262 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2262 total…he madly grasped for power. James Rorty & Moshe Decter, McCarthy and the Communists, The Beacon Press, Boston, 1954 Robert Griffith, The Polotics of Fear: Joseph R. McCarthy and the Senate, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 1970 Anderson & May, McCarthy the Man the Senator the "ism", The Beacon Press, Boston, 1952 Michael Paul Rogin, The Intellectuals and McCarthy the Radical Specter, The MIT Press, Boston, 1967 Buckley Jr. & Bozell, McCarthy and His Enemies, Arlington House, New Rochelle, 1970 Word Count: 2265