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A conspiratorial life : Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the revolution of American conservatism Cover Image Book Book
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A conspiratorial life : Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the revolution of American conservatism

Miller, Edward H. (Edward Herbert) (author.).

Summary: "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"--

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  • ISBN: 022644886X
  • ISBN: 9780226448862
  • Physical Description: 456 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
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  • Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2021.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Subject: Welch, Robert 1899-1985
John Birch Society Biography
Right-wing extremists United States Biography
Conspiracy theories United States History 20th century
Conservatism United States History 20th century
United States Politics and government 1945-1989
Genre: Biographies.

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Albright Memorial Library 92 WELCH (Text) 50686016140704 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bethlehem Main Library B WELCH (Text) 33062009577728 Adult Biography Available -
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