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A wide range of historians, writers, and public figures reflect on “the most important, or interesting, or overlooked way in which America has changed"

Joseph McCarthy’s fall from favor after the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings was precipitous enough to satisfy all but his most unforgiving victims.

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