Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. An Enemy of the People -- 2. The Caveman in the Sewer -- 3. He Had in His Hand -- 4. Stale, Warmed Over Charges -- 5. Unthinking the Thinkable -- 6. The Witching Hour -- 7. The Way It Worked -- 8. Chungking, 1944 -- 9. Reds, Lies and Audiotape -- 10. When Parallels Converged -- 11. What Hoover Told Truman -- 12. Inside the State Department -- 13. Acts of Congress -- 14. Wheeling, 1950 -- 15. Discourse on Method -- 16. The Tydings Version -- 17. Eve of Destruction -- 18. A Hoax and a Fraud -- 19. Of Names and Numbers -- 20. The Four Committees -- 21. File and Forget It -- 22. All Clear in Foggy Bottom -- 23. The Man Who Knew Too Much -- 24. The Trouble with Harry -- 25. A Book of Martyrs -- 26. Some Public Cases -- 27. Tempest in a Teacup -- 28. Little Red Schoolhouse -- 29. 'Owen Lattimore-Espionage R' -- 30. Dr. Jessup and Mr. Field -- 31. A Conspiracy So Immense -- 32. The Battle with Benton -- 33. The Perils of Power -- 34. Uncertain Voice -- 35. The Burning of the Books -- 36. Scott McLeod, Where Are You? -- 37. The Getting of J.B. Matthews -- 38. The Moles of Monmouth -- 39. A Tale of Two Generals -- 40. The Legend of Annie Lee Moss -- 41. At War with the Army -- 42. On Not Having Any Decency -- 43. The Sounds of Silence -- 44. Sentence First, Verdict Later -- Conclusion: Samson in the Heathen Temple

Accused of creating a bogus Red Scare and smearing countless innocent victims in a five-year reign of terror, Senator Joseph McCarthy is remembered as a demagogue, a bully, and a liar. A half century after his death, his name remains synonymous with witch hunts. But that image is wrong, as veteran journalist Evans maintains in this groundbreaking book, based on six years of intensive research. Drawing on primary sources--including U.S. government records and FBI files, as well as recent research from Soviet archives--Evans presents irrefutable evidence of a relentless Communist drive to penetrate our government, influence its policies, and steal its secrets. He also shows that U.S. officials supposedly guarding against this danger not only let it happen but actively covered it up--precisely as Joe McCarthy contended. This book claims to provide the first accurate account of what McCarthy did and, more broadly, what really happened to America during the Cold War.--From publisher description.