Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2020-12-15
Books mentioned on Part One: How The John Birch Society Invented The Modern Far Right
Robert is joined by Jordan Holmes ·& Dan Friesen of Knowledge Fight to discuss The John Birch Society. 1.
Robert Evans discussed The Road to Salesmanship by Robert Welch, May God Forgive Us by Robert Welch, and The Politician by Robert Welch.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Road to Salesmanship
Discussed“So, like all men who get rich through a mixture of blind luck and family ties, Robert Welch decided to write a book. The Road to Salesmanship was about exactly the book you'd guess [laughter] that it was. Uh, I found a copy of it on Amazon today for $3.99.”
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May God Forgive Us
Discussed“1952 was also the year that Welch published his first political book, May God Forgive Us, which is solid title. Give it to the man, you know. Yeah, [laughter] that's that's sinners. Sinners in the hands of an angry god was already taken at that point, I believe.”
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The Politician
The Politician by Robert Welch is a controversial 287-page book written by the founder of the John Birch Society, in which the author argued at length that Dwight D.
Discussed“In 1954, Welch started work on what would become one of his most consequential books, The Politician. He was inspired to write it during a car ride in New York with a friend.”
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