The Book Prize Index

Joe McCarthy and The Press

Edwin R. Bayley

This is a book for historians, journalists—and for all of us who need to remember this turbulent time on our nation's past, and its lessons for today.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryTopic Classifier: Military Biography -> BiographyMilitary Biography

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
George Polk Awards: Book Award1981WinnerOfficial source
National Book Award for General Nonfiction PaperbackMajor1983FinalistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    • Joe McCarthy90%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    45 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 70%.