Matthew Dallek Author of Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right
The Great Battlefield
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The Importance of Birchers in American Culture
The founders of the Birchers could have been charter members of the American establishment. Many early birchers were respected professionals in their communities, pastors in some cases. So you get a sense that even though their ideas are radical and seem extreme, that a lot of them are supported by institutions.
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