Throughout my years as a student I have taken many different types of American histories, studying many different eras. Out of all of my years of repetitive studying of American history I finally received the chance to learn about something in American history that was foreign to me. For my History 1302 class, I was assigned to read The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Books of St. Martin Press, 1994) written by Ellen Schrecker. The purpose of this paper is to accurately asses this literary work based on my personal opinion and proven (documented) facts. The thesis of the literary work The Age of McCarthyism is to provide the reader with a thorough description of an era of American history, after World War II known as The McCarthy Era.
             Ellen Scherecker explains that the McCarthy era deals with a time period in American history that began, in the late 1940¡s into the 1950¡s, directly after World War II.
             During this time period America felt that it was facing a threat of communist uprising. Ms. Schrecker makes it clear that the era got it¡s unusual name from a senator by the name of Joseph McCarthy. Joseph McCarthy was a conservative republican who was known for his personal dedication to prosecution of people who were involved in the government and who were also involved in ¡§ the State Department.¡(p.210) Throughout the novel Ms. Schrecker constantly argues her point that Joseph McCarthy was not main enforcer during the movement but that he only demonstrated the attitude that triumphed during this age.
             During the anti- communist crusades, the possible communist, were eliminated by a two step process that was very effective. ¡§In this process the political undesirables were first identified by one agency and then fired by another.¡(p.77) When communist lost there jobs they were black liste
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