A Conspiracy So Immense¶
Oshinsky, D. M. (1983). A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy. Free Press.
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- Guilt by Association
- Joseph McCarthy's 1950–1954 anticommunist hearings are the canonical historical instance: government employees were discredited by attendance at meetings, membership in organizations, or acquaintance with persons the committee had classified as subversive, with the substantive question — had any disloyal act occurred? — systematically displaced by the associative one.
This sourceBiography of McCarthy documenting the loyalty-security apparatus in which employees were pursued over subversive-organization lists and their associations. Full-length biography of Senator Joseph McCarthy, documenting his campaign and the 'McCarthyism' it produced.
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“on [Government] Operations, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Security”
- Joseph McCarthy's 1950–1954 anticommunist hearings are the canonical historical instance: government employees were discredited by attendance at meetings, membership in organizations, or acquaintance with persons the committee had classified as subversive, with the substantive question — had any disloyal act occurred? — systematically displaced by the associative one.
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