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Senator Joseph R. McCarthy held Congressional hearings in the early 1950s to eradicate suspected Communist infiltration of the U.S. government. His hearings were widely thought of as modern witch hunts.

Britannica.com: Joseph R. McCarthy
A great six-paragraph encyclopedia article about Joseph McCarthy, the senator from Wisconsin.

CNN: Joseph Raymond McCarthy
A nice short biographical sketch of McCarthy and an overview of his witch hunts.

Columbia Encyclopedia: Joseph Raymond McCarthy
Columbia's online encyclopedia provides this informative biography of the man who "doggedly pursued those whom he classified as Communists and subversives."

FBI: Joseph McCarthy
Almost 4,300 pages of documents from the FBI records that contain extortion investigations and correspondence between McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover. All files are in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.

Fight For America: Senator Joseph McCarthy
A great online essay about McCarthy, whom the author calls "possibly the greatest demagogue in the history of America."

McCarthy's Charges 'Now Accepted as Fact'
A news article reprinted on a personal site that discusses the new evidence that shows McCarthy might have been right all along about Communist infiltrators in the U.S. government.

On His War Against Communism
A 12-minute long audio file from a 1954 speech by McCarthy in Chicago about his war against Communism.

Senator Joseph McCarthy - A Multimedia Celebration
A collection of audio and video files featuring Senator McCarthy.

Speech on Communists in the State Department
The Senator's February 1950 speech about Communist infiltration in the State Department where he states, "I have in my hand 57 cases of individuals who would appear to be either card-carrying members or certainly loyal to the Communist Party."

Speech on the History of George Catlett Marshall
Senator McCarthy attacks General Marshall for his alleged incompetence.

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