Wrapped in the Flag (53 page)

Stranger in the Arena
(Schmitz),
165
,
167

The Terrorist Next Door
(Levitas),
164
,
198

Terrorists Among Us
(documentary),
196

There Goes Christmas
(JBS pamphlet),
47

Thompson, Arthur R.,
215

Thurmond, Strom,
63
,
141
,
180

The Turner Diaries
(Pierce),
195–96

Two Revolutions at Once
(JBS pamphlet),
101

United Nations (UN),
27
; and Clinton administration,
194
,
206
; Stillwell Conner hatred of,
9
,
53
,
82
; and Insiders,
210
,
211
; JBS campaign to get United States out of,
109
; JBS view of, as Communist-controlled,
2
,
82–84
; JBS view of, as totalitarian,
213–14
; and Reagan administration,
192
; takeover of Christmas by,
47

Vietnam War:
147–48
,
151–52
,
158–59
; George Wallace on,
153

Waco attacks (1993),
198–99

Walker, Edwin A.,
72–73
,
77
,
102
,
116

Wallace, George,
103–4
,
120
,
152–54
,
161

Wanderer
(newspaper),
132
,
180
,
190

Wanderer Forum Foundation, x,
134
,
190

Warren, Earl: as chair of Warren Commission,
115–16
; as civil rights advocate,
128
; as target of Birch Society,
69
,
77–79
,
109
,
134

Weissman, Bernard,
115
,
116

Welch, Robert: on Americanists,
47
; biography of,
31
,
60
; on John Birch,
33
; and William F. Buckley Jr.,
117
,
122–24
,
150–51
; on Communism in Europe, x,
95
; on Communist infiltration of United States, x,
50–51
,
79
,
109–11
,
151
; Conners’ relationship with,
14
,
60–61
,
64
; criticism of,
117
; on Dwight Eisenhower,
77
; and founding of JBS, ix,
32–33
; and Barry Goldwater,
62–63
,
138
,
145
; on the Illuminati and the New World Order,
34–36
; on impeaching Earl Warren,
77–79
,
109
; on Insiders,
47
,
160
; and JBS National Council,
48–49
; on John F. Kennedy,
110
; on Kennedy assassination,
115
; on Martin Luther King Jr.,
110
; on limited suffrage,
129
; on March on Washington,
106
; media coverage of,
64
,
67–69
,
72
; and Richard Nixon,
63
,
153
,
156
,
160
; and Nixon administration,
156
; on Revilo Oliver,
40
,
42
; and plot to oust, as JBS head,
70
; and
The Politician
,
14
,
54–57
,
58
,
77
,
122
; on poverty,
177
; on the principle of reversal,
91–92
; on public education,
26–27
; on racial integration,
77
,
101
,
117
; on Ronald Reagan,
182–83
; relationship with Republican Party, x,
57
; on religion,
130
,
133
,
135
; on Phyllis Schlafly,
28
; and John Schmitz,
160–61
; on school desegregation,
103–4
,
110
; on sex education and MOTOREDE,
157
; on Social Security,
145
; on Soviet military power,
109–10
; on summit with Soviet Union,
45–47
; and the UN,
82
; on Vietnam War,
151
,
159
; and George Wallace,
153–54
.
See also
John Birch Society

Weyrich, Paul,
129
,
177
,
180

Willke, John,
178–79

Wisconsin Citizens Concerned for the Unborn,
174

Wisconsin Right to Life Committee,
174
,
178

Zeskind, Leonard,
39
,
43
,
191

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Conner, Claire.

Wrapped in the flag : a personal history of America’s radical right / Claire Conner.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8070-7750-4 (alk. paper)

eISBN 978-0-8070-7751-1

1. John Birch Society. 2. Right-wing extremists—United States—History—20th century. 3. Right and left (Political science) —United States—History—20th century. 4. United States—Politics and government—1945–1989. 5. Conner, Claire, 1945—Political and social views. I. Title.

E740.J6C66 2013

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