Eisenhower, Marshall and McCarthy: A Curious Political History

Dr. William I. Hitchcock discusses how Senator Joe McCarthy, one of the leading architects of the "Red Scare" in America in the 1950s, infamously slandered Gen. George Marshall, and accused him of being part of a "conspiracy" against the United States. But one major figure of the day, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, a protege of Marshall, remained quiet. Why? This talk will take us back to the election of 1952, Eisenhower's campaign, and the complicated role of McCarthyism in it.
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