Mccarthy, Joseph Raymond
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...power; he used his position to exploit the publics fear of Communism. Through widely publicized hearings, the use of unidentified...McCarthys indiscriminate attacks gave rise to the term "McCarthyism," which denotes similar assaults characterized by sensationalist...