Nieuw Herblock: A Cartoonist’s Life – Herbert Block

Herblock: A Cartoonist’s Life tells of the remarkable career that has spanned the era from Roosevelt to Clinton. Herb Block opposed isolationism before World War II; warned of nuclear hazards in the ’40s; opposed McCarthyism in the ’50s and racism in the ’50s and ’60s; and zeroed in on Watergate in the ’70s and Iran-contra and other Reagan-Bush scandals in the ’80s.
He coined the word “McCarthyism” and describes that time of fear. He also writes engagingly about personal incidents and meetings with public fi…