Pride, Wrath, Glee, and Fear: Emotional Responses to Senator Joseph McCarthy in the Catholic Press, 1950-1954

American Catholics stood accused of monolithic support for Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist crusade in the early 1950s. Historians have disproved this myth by demonstrating that Catholics, like other Americans, divided between liberals and conservatives over McCarthy and his red-hunting...

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Main Author: Gendzel, Glen (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: American Catholic Historical Society 2009
In: American catholic studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 120, Issue: 2, Pages: 27-52
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