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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464712903321

Autore

Mulloy D. J.

Titolo

The world of the John Birch Society : conspiracy, conservatism and the Cold War / / D.J. Mulloy ; book design by Dariel Mayer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Nashville, Tennessee : , : Vanderbilt University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8265-1983-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

322.4/4

Soggetti

Conspiracies - United States - History - 20th century

Conservatism - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part one -- Exposure -- Putsch -- Extremism -- Part two -- Rights -- War -- Conspiracy --  Afterword.

Sommario/riassunto

"A comprehensive, engaging and provocative study of the John Birch Society, which examines the controversial right-wing group in the context of American's Cold War and conspiracy cultures during the 1950s and 1960s, and demonstrates its significant role in the development of the conservative movement in the United States"--