Turner, William W. Power on the Right. Berkeley CA: Ramparts Press, 1971.
272 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.
William Turner is a 10-year FBI veteran who became an author and
researcher, and by the late 1960s was working with Ramparts magazine on
their investigation of the Warren Commission. This excellent book includes
chapters on the John Birch Society, Orange County in California, KKK,
Minutemen, the Bible-thumpers, Liberty Lobby, Patrick Frawley, the American
Security Council, and the "blue power" Hoover/local police nexus. Turner's
awareness of the 1960s assassinations and his extensive knowledge of the
FBI give this book a relevance that the other three lack.
ISBN 0-87867-003-3
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