In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy was the most feared politician in the country. His communist witchhunt destroyed the careers of dozens of politicians, actors, political enemies, and even random bystanders unexpectedly caught in his crosshairs. He was bluster and fire and left pure destruction in his wake. In 1954, Joseph Nye Welch, an attorney for the Army, grew disgusted at Senator McCarthy’s endless, reckless investigations. It was he who dealt McCarthy the final coup de grace. “Have you no s...