# McCarthy and His Enemies ***McCarthy and His Enemies*** (1954) is a book by [[William F. Buckley Jr.]] and his brother-in-law [[L. Brent Bozell Jr.]], published by the Henry Regnery Company. It offered a qualified defense of Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] — criticizing his methods while endorsing the underlying anti-communist project (see [[McCarthyism]]). The collaboration cemented the Buckley–Bozell partnership that would shortly produce *[[National Review]]*, and it established the mainstream-conservative line on McCarthy: the senator was crude, but his cause was valid. > Status: **stub** — expand the book's argument, reception, and legacy.