Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America's Radical Right
Claire Conner
A narrative history of the John Birch Society
by a daughter of one of the infamous ultraconservative organization’s
founding fathers.
Named a best nonfiction book of 2013 byKirkus Reviewsand theTampa Bay Times
Long
before the rise of the Tea Party movement and the prominence of today’s
religious Right, the John Birch Society, first established in 1958,
championed many of the same radical causes touted by ultraconservatives
today, including campaigns against abortion rights, gay rights, gun
control, labor unions, environmental protections, immigrant rights,
social and welfare programs, the United Nations, and even water
fluoridation.
Worshipping its anti-Communist hero Joe McCarthy,
the Birch Society is perhaps most notorious for its red-baiting and for
accusing top politicians, including President Dwight Eisenhower, of
being Communist sympathizers. It also labeled John F. Kennedy a traitor
and actively worked to unseat him. The Birch Society boasted a number of
notable members, including Fred Koch, father of Charles and David Koch,
who are using their father’s billions to bankroll fundamentalist
and right-wing movements today.
by a daughter of one of the infamous ultraconservative organization’s
founding fathers.
Named a best nonfiction book of 2013 byKirkus Reviewsand theTampa Bay Times
Long
before the rise of the Tea Party movement and the prominence of today’s
religious Right, the John Birch Society, first established in 1958,
championed many of the same radical causes touted by ultraconservatives
today, including campaigns against abortion rights, gay rights, gun
control, labor unions, environmental protections, immigrant rights,
social and welfare programs, the United Nations, and even water
fluoridation.
Worshipping its anti-Communist hero Joe McCarthy,
the Birch Society is perhaps most notorious for its red-baiting and for
accusing top politicians, including President Dwight Eisenhower, of
being Communist sympathizers. It also labeled John F. Kennedy a traitor
and actively worked to unseat him. The Birch Society boasted a number of
notable members, including Fred Koch, father of Charles and David Koch,
who are using their father’s billions to bankroll fundamentalist
and right-wing movements today.
წელი:
2013
გამომცემლობა:
Beacon Press
ენა:
english
გვერდები:
264
ISBN 10:
080707750X
ISBN 13:
9780807077504
ფაილი:
PDF, 11.92 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2013
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