Enemies of the State - The Radical Right in America From Fdr to Trump

Informationen zum Autor D.J. Mulloy is Chair and Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he specializes in the study of post-1945 U.S. history. He is the author of American Extremism: History, Politics and the Militia Movement (2004), and The World of the John Birch Society: Conspiracy, Conservatism and the Cold War (2014). Klappentext The rise of the alt-right alongside Donald Trump's candidacy may be seem unprecedented events in the history of the United States, but D. J. Mulloy shows us that the radical right has been a long and active part of American politics during the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung The rise of the alt-right alongside Donald Trump’s candidacy may be seem unprecedented events in the history of the United States, but D. J. Mulloy shows us that the radical right has been a long and active part of American politics during the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Big Government on the March: FDR and the Roots of the Radical Right Chapter 2: Wrestling the Octopus: Anti-Communism and the Radical Right Chapter 3: Resisting the Tide: Civil Rights and the Radical Right Chapter 4: Out of the Wilderness: Ronald Reagan and the New Right Chapter 5: Radicalism Rising: Conspiracies and Anti-Statism at Century's End Chapter 6: Tea Parties and Trumpism: The Radical Right in the Twenty-First Century Conclusion A Note on Sources Index

Product details

• Authors: D J Mulloy, D. J. Mulloy
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781538141007
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4100-7
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: American Ways
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas