Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Publisher Unknown
Description
Robert Welch was the founder of the John Birch Society, a conservative advocacy group supporting anti-communism and limited government. This book is a transcript of Robert Welch's two-day presentation of the background, methods and purposes of the John Birch Society, as given at the founding meeting in Indianapolis on December 8-9, 1958. The book became a cornerstone of the Society's beliefs, with each new member receiving a copy. This Fifth Edition include two previous Forewords and a Postscript from earlier editions (1959 and 1961), as well as a new Postscript dated March 15, 1961.
User reviews
LibraryThing member cliffmon
This is the ground-breaking work by Robert Welch that launched the contraversial John Birch Society. A very hard look at recent history and the syndicate nature of the structure of US and global politics, and public life in general. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the John Birch
Show More
Society, and get a different viewpoint on the world we live in. Rather hard to take for most people, because it is so stark and un-buffered, connecting dots that no one else, back then, was willing to connect. Show Less
Original publication date
1959