This hard-hitting, meticulously researched study provides an in-depth analysis of the bizarre relationship between Senator Joe McCarthy and the Hearst press from 1942-57. Concentrating on the Journal-American and the Mirror in New York, Tuck looks deep into the center of the controversy and arrives at some surprising conclusions. Contents: The Cold War Within the Hot Water: Hearst as Pioneer; Pre-McCarthy McCarthyism: The Hearst Press and Parnell Thomas; The Hiss Case and the Mindszenty Trial; 1950: The Alliance Forms; 1951-52: The Alliance at High Noon; 1953: The Alliance Cracks; 1954: Fragmentation; 1955-57: The Reign of Silence; Epilogue: McCarthy as Redbaiter An Inquiry.

"Jim Tuck has put together an interesting tale...Tuck's work may serve as a useful and readable introduction to many colorful characters, including syndicated columnists, those they accused, the politicians who worked with and against McCarthy..." - Journal of American History

"The territory is familiar, but Tuck proves that a few areas remain fertile fields for study." - The Historian

"Jim Tuck has put together an interesting tale...Tuck's work may serve as a useful and readable introduction to many colorful characters, including syndicated columnists, those they accused, the politicians who worked with and against McCarthy..." - Journal of American History

"The territory is familiar, but Tuck proves that a few areas remain fertile fields for study." - The Historian