Download or read book The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy written by Thomas C. Reeves and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reeves (history, U. of Wisconsin) maintains that common portrayals of Joe McCarthy as amoral and ruthless ignore the figure's intelligence, religious conviction, and generosity. He feels that McCarthy's activities as a communist hunter should be placed in the historical context of the Cold War and the Red Scare of the time. A reprint of the 1982 Stein and Day edition. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR