Matthew Dallek Author of Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right
The Great Battlefield
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The Birch Society and the Rise of the American Right
The John Birch Society was a huge presence in the 1960s, became a household name. The birchers were key to Ronald Reagan's first campaign for governor in California in 1966. "I thought I had something to say about that debate," says historian David Frum.
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