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"Have You No Decency, Sir?"
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June 9, 1954. Senator Joseph McCarthy has accused the United States Army of having communists within its midst. After rising to power during a time of great fear in America, McCarthy's name has become synonymous with anti-communism – and with baseless, life-ruining accusations. But today, five simple words will take down one of the most notorious men in American political history.
What made McCarthy so powerful in the first place? And how did that very same thing eventually bring him down?
Thank you to our guest, Ellen Schrecker, historian, author and expert on McCarthyism.
Thank you to Thomas Doherty, Professor of American Studies at Brandeis University, for speaking with us for this episode. He is the author of Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture.
** This episode originally aired June 8, 2020.
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