The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism
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""He's unbeatable now. He's a Northern Huey Long." --Milwaukee's Socialist mayor, Frank Zeidler, describing Senator Joseph McCarthy
God bless you, Haynes Johnson, for reminding us that McCarthyism can always come back if we're not careful.
I read this sentence--"From then on, McCarthy always referred to the vice president [Richard Nixon] as 'that prick'"--and thought, okay, Senator Joseph McCarthy and I agreed on ONE THING.
The parts about recent McCarthyesque events are not as compelling because they don't coalesce around a single power-crazed individual and because there's so much about the recent scandals that is as yet unknown. But judging by the headlines in the paper this weekend about Dick Cheney's authorizing a secret CIA project, my wish may yet come true, unfortunately.
I started out listening to the audiobook rather than reading the book, but the audio version is edited drastically. Not badly, though--it's just so much shorter that you miss most of the nuances.
God bless you, Haynes Johnson, for reminding us that McCarthyism can always come back if we're not careful.
I read this sentence--"From then on, McCarthy always referred to the vice president [Richard Nixon] as 'that prick'"--and thought, okay, Senator Joseph McCarthy and I agreed on ONE THING.
The parts about recent McCarthyesque events are not as compelling because they don't coalesce around a single power-crazed individual and because there's so much about the recent scandals that is as yet unknown. But judging by the headlines in the paper this weekend about Dick Cheney's authorizing a secret CIA project, my wish may yet come true, unfortunately.
I started out listening to the audiobook rather than reading the book, but the audio version is edited drastically. Not badly, though--it's just so much shorter that you miss most of the nuances.
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Bringing to the BookCrossing Meetup on Tuesday at 6:30. Come one, come all.
For details and to RSVP: http://bookcrossing.meetup.com/1/
If there are no takers, I will leave this in the café. The manager there told me that local business owners and employees often stroll by to pick up a book to read while they eat lunch. :-)
Bringing to the BookCrossing Meetup on Tuesday at 6:30. Come one, come all.
For details and to RSVP: http://bookcrossing.meetup.com/1/
If there are no takers, I will leave this in the café. The manager there told me that local business owners and employees often stroll by to pick up a book to read while they eat lunch. :-)
Just picked it up tonight at the Bookcrossing meeting. Thanks for bringing it -was looking for something interesting to read!
Made me a bit embarrassed to have been raised in Wisconsin, and had me wondering but afraid to ask if my parents or grandparents might have actually voted for McCarthy. This had to be one of the slew of anti-Bush books published - a great read.
Bringing to tonight's BC meeting at Cafe Mozart.
Bringing to tonight's BC meeting at Cafe Mozart.
