Hartnett Explores Failed China Lobby Investigation

Published: Sept. 26, 2024 By ,
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Based on years of archival research at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Stephen J. Hartnett from the Department of Communication has published “‘Something Uniquely Sinister in U.S. History’: New Evidence on the Truman Administration’s 1951 Investigation into the China Lobby,” in Presidential Studies Quarterly 54:3 (September 2024): 393-414. The article addresses the rise of McCarthyism, which the Truman White House believed was funded covertly by the "China Lobby," a network of anti-Communist advocates allegedly using funds pilfered from Cold War military expenditures.