Cold War

McCarthyism, Past—and Present?

Clay Risen's Red Scare book wrongly frames it as an exclusively conservative hysteria.

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Joseph McCarthy standing in front of a map of Communist Party organizations across the United States in 1950 | Photo: Sen. Joseph McCarthy before Senate committee, 1950s; CSU Archives/Everett Collection/Alamy
(Photo: Sen. Joseph McCarthy before Senate committee, 1950s; CSU Archives/Everett Collection/Alamy)

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