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James Mann

James Mann is a Fellow in Residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. His most recent book is The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era. (June 2022)

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The Birchers & the Trumpers

A new biography of Robert Welch traces the origins and history of the conspiracy-obsessed anti-Communist John Birch Society and, in the process, provides historical perspective on the far-right populism of the Trump era.

A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the Revolution of American Conservatism

by Edward H. Miller

June 23, 2022 issue