Forster, Arnold and Epstein, Benjamin R. Danger on the Right. New York:
Random House, 1964. 295 pages.
NameBase includes four books on the U.S. far right during the 1950s
and 1960s -- "Danger on the Right" and "The Radical Right" by Benjamin
Epstein and Arnold Forster, "Power on the Right" by William Turner, and
"The Ultras in the USA" by Soviet historian V. Nikitin. Radical conservatism
during this period began with McCarthyism and included the John Birch
Society, the Minutemen, certain retired generals, and religious broadcasters
backed by various corporate millionaires. It continued through the 1964
Goldwater campaign and then the Young Americans for Freedom, which became
heavily endowed by the not-so-young and attempted to counter the left-wing
campus activism of the late 1960s.
As directors of the Anti-Defamation League, Epstein and Forster are
concerned with both the "radical right" and with "extreme conservatives."
One of their books is almost entirely on the John Birch Society, while the
other, "Danger on the Right," has a chapter on each of ten radical groups
and five conservative groups. They name the major players and describe their
beliefs and activities, as well as their sources of income, making this
one of the more complete works on the subject. But it is weak on coverage
of the paramilitary right, and needs to be supplemented with William
Turner's 1971 book.
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