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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