The World of the John Birch Society: Conspiracy, Conservatism, and the Cold War

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Vanderbilt University Press nashville D. J. MULLOY The World of the JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY Conspiracy, Conservatism, and the Cold War © 2014 by Vanderbilt University Press Nashville, Tennessee 37235 All rights reserved First printing 2014 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America Book design by Dariel Mayer Composition by Vanderbilt University Press Frontispiece: Former major general Edwin Walker is led away at bayonet point by U.S. troops after refusing to move from the courthouse in downtown Oxford, Mississippi, during the attempt to prevent James Meredith from registering at the University of Mississippi, October 1, 1962.© Bettmann/CORBIS Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data on file LC control number 2013039765 LC classification number E740 .J6M86 2014 Dewey class number 322.4’4—dc23 ISBN 978-0-8265-1981-8 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-8265-1983-2 (ebook) To my grandparents Catherine “Kitty” McCabe (1906–1986) John Mulloy (1905–1951) Edith King (1922–1980) and Thomas Telford (1921–1987) ...