McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.

Joseph McCarthy

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Topic

Red Scare Cold War Communism American politics

Speaker

Joseph McCarthy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

McCarthy, Joseph. Speech in Wisconsin. c. 1952. Wisconsin, USA.

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