Without Precedent [Paperback]

As counselor of the army during the McCarthy witchhunt, John G. Adams was a central figure in the bitter army-McCarthy hearings and McCarthys fall from power.[A] terse and compelling book. . .The entire bizarre story is here, a model of careful selection; McCarthys political biography reduced to its essentials. . . Adams has presented a pr?cis of a demagogues rise to power. . .absolutely authoritative. . .It adds an essential dimension to our understanding of contemporary American history. Elaine Kendall,