Ellen Scherecker explains that the McCarthy era deals with a time period in American history that began, in the late 1940's into the 1950's,

Although each incident in the book was well documented I can not honestly say that I believe that everything that I have read is completely true. From reading this book as well as my history text book I understand as well as believe that there were communist during this time period, but I do not feel that their threat to American society was as great as it was made out to be. I feel that the communist crusades were unfair and silly due to the fact that a lot of innocent people were falsely accused.

During this time period America felt that it was facing a threat of communist uprising. Ms. Schrecker makes it clear that the era got it's unusual name from a senator by the name of Joseph McCarthy. Joseph McCarthy was a conservative republican who was known for his personal dedication to prosecution of people who were involved in the government and who were also involved in " the State Department."(p.210) Throughout the novel Ms. Schrecker constantly argues her point that Joseph McCarthy was n

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