Senator Joe McCarthy Author:Richard H. Rovere Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr: "Senator Joe McCarthy is a brilliant essay in contemporary history, overflowing with wit and perception, and informed by an astute understanding of American politics. It is a memorable book." — NY Times Book Review: "This is an appraisal without apology. If its judgements are uncompromising, they are also given without ... more »rancor, indeed with an air of almost sympathetic curiosity about the phenomenon that was McCarthy...It is no surprise that his book is a vivdly written, sophisticated recreation of a political episode whose manic qualities already begin to seem unbelieveable."« less