Wrapped in the Flag discussion

Wrapped in the Flag has received a number of endorsements. Here's one: ""Experiencing this splendid volume is like reading a history book inside out: events you only knew about from afar are revealed anew, with the striking ground-level intimacy of a fine family memoir. I've been waiting for a book like this: one that demonstrates the shockingly effectual continuity of the John Birch Society as a force in American political life: from its early days discrediting the Cold War credentials of JFK, to its outsized role building up grassroots momentum in the Clinton impeachment, to its sudden eruption into mainstream Republican thinking with the rise of the Tea Party movement."

—Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland

I also highly endorse this excellent viewpoint of far-right extremism.

It is a very good book. A history of the rightwing from 1950 to the present.