Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right by Dallek, Matthew

Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781541673564)

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Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right by Dallek, Matthew

Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right

$32.00
Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right by Dallek, Matthew

Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right

$32.00
Format: Hardcover
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How a notorious far right organization set the Republican Party on a long march toward extremism

At the height of the John Birch Society's activity in the 1960s, critics dismissed its members as a paranoid fringe. After all, "Birchers" believed that a vast communist conspiracy existed in America and posed an existential threat to Christianity, capitalism, and freedom. But as historian Matthew Dallek reveals, the Birch Society's extremism remade American conservatism. Most Birchers were white professionals who were radicalized as growing calls for racial and gender equality appeared to upend American life. Conservative leaders recognized that these affluent voters were needed to win elections, and for decades the GOP courted Birchers and their extremist successors. The far right steadily gained power, finally toppling the Republican establishment and electing Donald Trump.

Birchers is a deeply researched and indispensable new account of the rise of extremism in the United States.



Author: Matthew Dallek
ISBN-10: 1541673565
ISBN-13: 9781541673564
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2023
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.47h x 6.35w x 1.25d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 02/13/2023
By Matthew Dallek
By Matthew Dallek
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Matthew Dallek is a historian and professor of political management at George Washington University's College of Professional Studies. The author of The Right Moment and Defenseless Under the Night, his writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, and other publications. He lives in Washington, DC.

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