The Political Context of McCarthyism.

The article discusses the influence of U.S. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy in the countries political system and the prevailing McCarthyism ideology during his time. It provides a definition of the term McCarthyism as well as its emergence after the Cold War and how McCarthy had come to power in the country's politics. It highlights the relationship of conventional politics to McCarthyism regarding the reaction by the Senate to the McCarran Internal Security Act and to the Communist Control Act.