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A Conspiratorial Life, Edward R Miller-Jones
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2023
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- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Edward R Miller-Jones
- Uitgever
- The University of Chicago Press
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2023
- Formaat
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0226826503
- ISBN13
- 9780226826509
- Reeks
- Tags
- Non-fictie, Sociale Wetenschappen, Historisch thema, Waargebeurde verhalen, Biographies, Politicologie & Politiek, Politiek, Geschiedenis van de VS, Biografieën van politici, Americana
- Beoordeling
- 3,8 van 5
- Aantekening
- "This biography of Robert Welch, the founder of the John Birch Society, documents how his idiosyncratic philosophizing infused right-wing politics in America. Edward H. Miller explores every aspect of Welch, detailing his youthful egotism; his innovations in candy-making; his mix of brilliance and incompetence; and the development of his raging political beliefs. The John Birch Society was long seen as occupying the farthest reaches of the political spectrum, blending paleo-conservatism, libertarianism, paranoia, and rabid anti-Communism. Miller demonstrates how the Society became central to Republican grassroots operations and how Welch became a guiding light of the right, on a par with William F. Buckley"--