Joe McCarthy first became visible to the nation on February 9, 1950, when he delivered a Lincoln Day address to local Republicans in Wheeling, West Virginia. That night he declared, 'I have here in my hand a list of 205 [members of the Communist Party] still working and shaping policy in the State Department.' Anticommunism was already a cause embraced by the Republican Party as a whole; McCarthy tapped into this current and turned it into a flood. Little more than five years later, after countless hearings and stormy speeches and after incalculable damage to ordinary Americans and the nation itself, McCarthy's Senate colleagues voted 67-22 to censure him for his reckless accusations and fabrications. We know today that not one prosecution resulted from McCarthy's investigations into communists in the U.S. government.--Publisher description.An examination of Joseph McCarthy's record attempts to discover the motivations behind his demagoguery, as the anti-Communist cause already had been embraced by the Republican Party as a whole, a cause that turned into a flood.

A portrait of America's forty-first president chronicles George H.W. Bush's life from his New England roots and his decorated military service during World War II to his business success and political rise within the Republican party.

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Acknowledging the fortieth anniversary of JFK's assassination, a complete collection of New York Times articles covers such topics as the events surrounding the president's death and funeral, Lee Harvey Oswald's arrest and murder, the swearing-in of LBJ, and the reactions of Americans and people around the world. 50,000 first printing.

Reexamines the presidency of the American military hero-turned-politician, revealing a deeply flawed administration beset by McCarthyism, civil rights disturbances, and Cold War brinksmanship.

The presidency of the American military hero-turned-politician is reexamined without the distortions of 1950s nostalgia to reveal a deeply flawed administration beset by McCarthyism, civil rights disturbances, and Cold War 'brinksmanship.' Read by Ira Claffey

The presidency of the American military hero-turned-politician is reexamined without the distortions of 1950s nostalgia to reveal a deeply flawed administration beset by McCarthyism, civil rights disturbances, and Cold War 'brinksmanship.' 25,000 first printing.

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Chronicling four years of the Nixon presidency, from 1970 to Nixon's resignation following the Watergate scandal, a collection of black-and-white photographs offers behind-the-scenes glimpses of the Nixon administration at work. Simultaneous. 20,000 first printing.

A beautiful black woman, Easter Lilly Odum stabs and kills the brother of the county prosecutor in a case of what she calls self-defense and enlists the aid of a New York civil rights lawyer, Shep Riley, to get her off, in a Southern tale of murder and justice.

Examines the enduring and pervasive operation of race and related issues in determining the subtext of American political debate and suggests ways to change the situation

A fictional account of the August, 1862, Civil War battle of Second Manassas--or Second Bull Run--interweaves the lives of the famous and the ordinary in a drama of death, victory, survival, and defeat (view table of contents)

The author of One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream reflects on the complexities and ambiguities of the life, personality, beliefs, and political career of Richard Nixon. Read by Tom Wicker.

America's leading liberal journalist revisits the case of Richard Nixon, taking a fresh look at this political enigma and offering a rereading of contemporary history

A story of the sleaze, slander, and intrigue that can go on in American politics goes behind the scenes to expose the dirty dealings of a typical race for the Senate. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo. Tour.