Thomas C. Reeves. The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy Blond & Briggs, 1982.
Thomas C. Reeves. "The Search for Joe McCarthy" Wisconsin Magazine of History Vol. 60 no. 3, spring, 1977. pp: 185-196. web. [wisconsinhistory.org]

Reeves taught at UW-Parkside. He also did a Kennedy biography that focused on Camelot intrigue. Reeves' McCarthy was a dupe who was used by J.Edgar Hoover security state as an agent provocateur in congress.

Photo credits: "Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WIS) displays what he says is a copy of a commission President Truman issued to Adm. Louis Denfeld for a second term as chief of Naval Operations." January 18, 1950. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. [americaslibrary.gov]

"August 15, 1949 - Senator Joseph R. McCarthy talking to reporters after a session of his Senate Investigations Subcommittee." Hosted by the [Eisenhower Library].