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Behind the Bastards

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of th...

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Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany Cover

Robert Gellately

Backing Hitler

Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany

The book was mentioned as a valuable resource for understanding how Nazi propaganda was used to justify the persecution of various groups, and how it influenced the public's perception of the regime.

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I'm going to read a quote from a book called Backing Hitler by Robert Golatly, who we were just talking about.

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The book was mentioned as a valuable resource for understanding how Nazi propaganda was used to justify the persecution of various groups, and how it influenced the public's perception of the regime.

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I'm going to read a quote from a book called Backing Hitler by Robert Golatly, who we were just talking about.

It's a very good book, and it talks about sort of how how the images that the Nazi regime put out to justify the people they were locking away.

Episode: Part Two: How Nice, Normal People Made The Holocau...

It was recommended and discussed for its insights into how the Nazi regime used propaganda and imagery to dehumanize their victims and normalize their actions.

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I'm going to read a quote from a book called Backing Hitler by Robert Golatly, who we were just talking about. It's a very good book, and it talks about sort of how how the images that the Nazi regime put out to justify the people they were locking away.

Ulrich Herbert recently suggested that during the Nazi years, there was a growing lack of moral concern in German society for human rights and the protection of minorities, which grew rapidly during the years of the dictatorship and which led to a profound moral brutalization in Germany.

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Robert Gellately

Hitler's True Believers

How Ordinary People Became Nazis

It was quoted to give context for Horst Wessel, discussing his youth and involvement in various groups, including the Black Reichswehr, prior to joining the Nazi party.

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The essay attracted activists like Horst Vessel, born in 1907 and thus too young to have served in the war, who left a record of his political awakening that he wrote in 1929.

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It was quoted to give context for Horst Wessel, discussing his youth and involvement in various groups, including the Black Reichswehr, prior to joining the Nazi party.

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The essay attracted activists like Horst Vessel, born in 1907 and thus too young to have served in the war, who left a record of his political awakening that he wrote in 1929.

The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire Cover

Tom Zoellner

The Heartless Stone

A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire

It was mentioned in the context of the diamond trade and how Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company aimed to annex other African nations, wage war, and build railroads, among other things.

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By Rhodes's own admission, the company aimed to do more than mine diamonds. In fact, it aimed to annex other African nations, conduct diplomacy with local chiefs, build railroads, raise a standing arm...

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Episode: Part Two: Cecil Rhodes: The First Proud Boy

It was mentioned in the context of the diamond trade and how Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company aimed to annex other African nations, wage war, and build railroads, among other things.

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By Rhodes's own admission, the company aimed to do more than mine diamonds. In fact, it aimed to annex other African nations, conduct diplomacy with local chiefs, build railroads, raise a standing army and even wage war. De Beers was a law to itself and accountable to no one.

Episode: Part Two: Cecil Rhodes: The First Proud Boy

It was mentioned and a quote was read from it, discussing how the British South Africa Company aimed to annex other African nations, conduct diplomacy with local chiefs, build railroads, raise an army and even wage war, with De Beers being accountable to no one.

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Quote, By Rhodes's own admission, the company aimed to do more than mine diamonds. In fact, it aimed to annex other African nations, conduct diplomacy with local chiefs, build railroads, raise a standing army and even wage war. De Beers was a law to itself and accountable to no one.

Episode: Part Two: Cecil Rhodes: The First Proud Boy

It was mentioned in relation to the diamond trade and how Cecil Rhodes used his company to expand his business, conduct diplomacy, and wage war. The company was essentially a law unto itself and accountable to no one.

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By Rhodes's own admission, the company aimed to do more than mine diamonds. In fact, it aimed to annex other African nations, conduct diplomacy with local chiefs, build railroads, raise a standing army and even wage war. De Beers was a law to itself and accountable to no one.

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Dr. James Dobson

Marriage Under Fire

Why We Must Win This Battle

The book was described as a key point in escalating the idea of the culture war and employing tactical rhetoric.

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Marriage Under Fire by Dr. James Dobson

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The book was described as a key point in escalating the idea of the culture war and employing tactical rhetoric.

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Marriage Under Fire by Dr. James Dobson

In this succinct analysis of the issue, Dr. James Dobson presents a compelling case against the legalization of marriage between homosexuals and the dire ramifications our nation could face.

Same-sex marriage will destroy the fundamental principles of marriage, parenthood, and gender.

Families will be increasingly unstable as their definition expands to incorporate multiple moms or dads in quotation marks.

Legalization of gay marriages will lead to polygamy and other alternatives to one-man, one-woman unions.

The divorce rate will be higher, making our children left safe.

Marriage Under Fire provides the foundations of a battle plan for the preservation of traditional values in our nation.

Our response could not be clearer.

The well-being of the family and thus our nation hangs in the balance.

Now's the time to speak out in defense of marriage and the American family.

Episode: Part Two: Focus on the Family: Love Won Out

It was mentioned as a book James Dobson wrote in 2004, detailing the negative consequences he predicted if same-sex marriage were to become legal.

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Dobson wrote this whole book called Marriage Under Fire...

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James C. Dobson

The New Dare to Discipline

It was Dobson's first book, published in 1970, which focused on the importance of physical discipline for children, and was the basis for many of his later parenting philosophies.

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She knew that backtalk and lip are the child's most potent weapons of defiance and must be discouraged.

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It was Dobson's first book, published in 1970, which focused on the importance of physical discipline for children, and was the basis for many of his later parenting philosophies.

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She knew that backtalk and lip are the child's most potent weapons of defiance and must be discouraged.

The day I learned the importance of staying out of reach, shines like a neon light in my mind.

She drew back and swung that abominable garment in my direction.

She gave me an entire thrashing with one massive blow.

I'm sure we can all guess what that book was about.

Episode: Part One: Focus on the Family: James Dobson

It was Dobson's first book, and it was discussed at length as being focused on physically disciplining children, which was presented as a cornerstone of a strong parent-child relationship.

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She knew that backtalk and lip are the child's most potent weapons of defiance and must be discouraged.

On one occasion, she cracked me with a shoe. At other times, she used a handy belt.

The day I learned the importance of staying out of reach, shines like a neon light in my mind.

I made the costly mistake of sassing her when I was about four feet away.

She gave me an entire thrashing with one massive blow.

Episode: Part One: Focus on the Family: James Dobson

It was discussed as a book focused on physically punishing children, which was the basis for his ministry. Dobson's views on punishment led to multiple legal issues in which parents claimed that Dobson's book influenced their actions.

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She knew that backtalk and lip are the child's most potent weapons of defiance and must be discouraged. On one occasion, she cracked me with a shoe. At other times, she used a handy belt.

The day I learned the importance of staying out of reach, shines like a neon light in my mind. I made the costly mistake of sassing her when I was about four feet away.

She drew back and swung that abominable garment in my direction. The intended blow caught me across the chest, followed by a multitude of straps and buckles, wrapping themselves around my midsection.

She gave me an entire thrashing with one massive blow.

Several years ago, for example, a Massachusetts couple was charged with child abuse because they beat their children. And they say it's because their pastor said it was all right based on Dobson's writings.

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James Dobson

What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women

This was his second book, published five years after 'Dare to Discipline', which offered advice to men on understanding their wives and their perspectives.

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Oh my god. What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women.

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This was his second book, published five years after 'Dare to Discipline', which offered advice to men on understanding their wives and their perspectives.

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Oh my god. What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women.

I really love that again him as a man born in the 30s wrote a book called What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women.

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James Dobson

The New Strong-Willed Child

Published in the 1990s, this book offered Dobson's perspective on the "summer of 1965" in LA, discussing the Watts Uprising and a perceived societal decline.

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Our cities began to burn during the hot summer of racial strife. That signaled the start of the chaos to come.

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Published in the 1990s, this book offered Dobson's perspective on the "summer of 1965" in LA, discussing the Watts Uprising and a perceived societal decline.

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Our cities began to burn during the hot summer of racial strife. That signaled the start of the chaos to come.

The class of 1965 entered college at a time where drug abuse was not only prevalent but became almost universal for students and teachers alike.

Episode: Part One: Focus on the Family: James Dobson

It was written by James Dobson and reflects his views on the social upheaval and chaos he witnessed in Los Angeles in 1965, which he attributed to a decline in traditional values and morals.

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Our cities began to burn during the hot summer of racial strife. That signaled the start of the chaos to come.

The class of 1965 entered college at a time where drug abuse was not only prevalent but became almost universal for students and teachers alike.

Intellectual deterioration was inevitable.

Accompanying this social upheaval was a sudden disintegration of moral and ethical principles such as which has never occurred in the history of all of mankind.

All at once, there was no definite values, no standards, no absolutes, no rules, no traditional beliefs on which to lean.

Episode: Part One: Focus on the Family: James Dobson

It was described as a book in which Dobson discusses his thoughts on the events of the summer of 1965, such as the Watts Uprising, which he considered the start of chaos and moral decay in America.

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Our cities began to burn during the hot summer of racial strife. That signaled the start of the chaos to come. The class of 1965 entered college at a time where drug abuse was not only prevalent but became almost universal for students and teachers alike.

Intellectual deterioration was inevitable. Accompanying this social upheaval was a sudden disintegration of moral and ethical principles such as which has never occurred in the history of all of mankind.

All at once, there was no definite values, no standards, no absolutes, no rules, no traditional beliefs on which to lean.

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Edward Sri

Pocket Guide to the Stations of the Cross (The Pocket Guide Series)

This book was mentioned as a good read exploring the influence of Christian right-wing radio, including Focus on the Family, on American culture in the 20th century.

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Actually, a pretty good book.

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This book was mentioned as a good read exploring the influence of Christian right-wing radio, including Focus on the Family, on American culture in the 20th century.

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Actually, a pretty good book.

Dobson claims to have been able to pray before he could talk and to have felt God's calling from as early as age three when he toddled up to the altar in response to his father's Sunday morning altar call that the unsaved offered their lives to Jesus.

Episode: Part One: Focus on the Family: James Dobson

It was mentioned as a book that examined the influence of Focus on the Family and Christian right-wing radio on American culture during the 20th century. Dobson was also quoted from it about his early religious experiences.

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Dobson claims to have been able to pray before he could talk and to have felt God's calling from as early as age three when he toddled up to the altar in response to his father's Sunday morning altar call that the unsaved offered their lives to Jesus.

Episode: Part One: Focus on the Family: James Dobson

This book was discussed as a good read that provided context on the influence of Christian right-wing radio and Focus on the Family on American culture during the 20th century.

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Dobson claims to have been able to pray before he could talk and to have felt God's calling from as early as age three when he toddled up to the altar in response to his father's Sunday morning altar call that the unsaved offered their lives to Jesus.

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Gil Alexander-Moegerle

James Dobson's War on America

Written by Focus on the Family's former vice-president and co-founder, this book details Dobson's increasingly political influence and his impact on American society.

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Two years after we started Focus on the Family, Jim got his first taste of the surreal sense of power and control that working in Washington offers.

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Written by Focus on the Family's former vice-president and co-founder, this book details Dobson's increasingly political influence and his impact on American society.

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Two years after we started Focus on the Family, Jim got his first taste of the surreal sense of power and control that working in Washington offers.

The flavor is sweet to this only child, and ever since Focus on the Family's component about political activism has been a central feature in the life and work of James Dobson, and one that he personally relishes more than any other aspect of it.

Good title. I hope somebody writes a book like that about me one day.

Episode: Part One: Focus on the Family: James Dobson

It was written by the co-founder of Focus on the Family, Gil Alexander Moegerle, and explored Dobson's increasing political influence and activism, particularly his efforts in Washington D.C.

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Two years after we started Focus on the Family, Jim got his first taste of the surreal sense of power and control that working in Washington offers.

The flavor is sweet to this only child, and ever since Focus on the Family's component about political activism has been a central feature in the life and work of James Dobson, and one that he personally relishes more than any other aspect of it.

Episode: Part One: Focus on the Family: James Dobson

This book, written by a former co-founder of Focus on the Family who became critical of Dobson's methods, focused on Dobson's influence in American politics and the growing power of Focus on the Family.

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Two years after we started Focus on the Family, Jim got his first taste of the surreal sense of power and control that working in Washington offers.

The flavor is sweet to this only child, and ever since Focus on the Family's component about political activism has been a central feature in the life and work of James Dobson, and one that he personally relishes more than any other aspect of it.

he is a tremendous threat to the separation of church and state.

James Dobson lobbies Washington more powerfully than any individual or organization within the religious right.

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Rigoberta Menchú

I, Rigoberta Menchú

An Indian woman in Guatemala

It was mentioned as a source for insights into the School of the Americas and its impact on graduates, particularly in Bolivia, discussing the graduates' perspectives on the training received, the commodification of Black bodies, and the creation of a new landowning elite among military officers.

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In Guatemala, for example, the outcome of the 35-year-old civil war was a shift in the balance of power that created a new landowning elite among military officers.

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It was mentioned as a source for insights into the School of the Americas and its impact on graduates, particularly in Bolivia, discussing the graduates' perspectives on the training received, the commodification of Black bodies, and the creation of a new landowning elite among military officers.

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In Guatemala, for example, the outcome of the 35-year-old civil war was a shift in the balance of power that created a new landowning elite among military officers.

Income polarization increased in the 1980s.

The portion of national wealth controlled by the poorest 10% of the population dropped from 2.4% to 0.5%, while the richest 10% expanded their share from 40.8% to 46.6%.

Episode: Part Two: The Deadliest School in History

It was mentioned while discussing the School of the Americas and how graduates used their new wealth and power to further degrade black bodies in Bolivia.

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In Guatemala, for example, the outcome of the 35-year-old civil war was a shift in the balance of power that created a new landowning elite among military officers.

Income polarization increased in the 1980s. The portion of national wealth controlled by the poorest 10% of the population dropped from 2.4% to 0.5%, while the richest 10% expanded their share from 40.8% to 46.6%.

Episode: Part Two: The Deadliest School in History

It was mentioned as a source about the Guatemalan civil war, the increase in income polarization, and the shift in power that created a new landowning elite among military officers.

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In Guatemala, for example, the outcome of the 35-year-old civil war was a shift in the balance of power that created a new landowning elite among military officers. Income polarization increased in the 1980s. The portion of national wealth controlled by the poorest 10% of the population dropped from 2.4% to 0.5%, while the richest 10% expanded their share from 40.8% to 46.6%.

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Lesley Gill

The School of the Americas

Military Training and Political Violence in the Americas (American Encounters/Global Interactions)

The book was cited multiple times, and it detailed the history of the School of the Americas, its influence on Latin American militaries, and its role in human rights abuses across the continent.

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While the United States dedicated itself to containing the global expansion of the Soviet Union and persecuted domestic critics with varying degrees of intensity, it assigned its Latin American allies...

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The book was cited multiple times, and it detailed the history of the School of the Americas, its influence on Latin American militaries, and its role in human rights abuses across the continent.

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While the United States dedicated itself to containing the global expansion of the Soviet Union and persecuted domestic critics with varying degrees of intensity, it assigned its Latin American allies the task of guarding against the threat posed by internal subversion.

Defense manufacturers sought out new markets for their wares and Congress created generous military aid programs facilitating arms transfers not only helped secure U.S. access to raw materials and the general cooperation of regional militaries. It also tied Latin American militaries to the use and thus the continued purchase of technology produced in the United States.

'They did so for two reasons. First, they hope to convey to the students a particular vision of US citizens as industrious and successful. Second, they wanted to keep students in the canal zone and out of Panama.

Those guys thought about three things. First, they wanted to train themselves well. Second, they wanted to buy pickup trucks and drive them back to El Salvador. When I finished class at the end of the day and went to the library, they would go out and look for cheap pickups to buy. And third, they had a lot of relatives and this is after 1984, so this is the period where The School of the Americas has moved to the United States. And third, they had a lot of relatives who they wanted to see in the United States, especially Washington.

Episode: Part One: The Deadliest School in History

The book was cited multiple times throughout the episode as a source of information for the events discussed. It focused on the history and impact of the School of the Americas, including its role in training Latin American military officers.

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While the United States dedicated itself to containing the global expansion of the Soviet Union and persecuted domestic critics with varying degrees of intensity, it assigned its Latin American allies the task of guarding against the threat posed by internal subversion.

Defense manufacturers sought out new markets for their wares and Congress created generous military aid programs facilitating arms transfers not only helped secure U.S. access to raw materials and the general cooperation of regional militaries. It also tied Latin American militaries to the use and thus the continued purchase of technology produced in the United States.

'They did so for two reasons. First, they hope to convey to the students a particular vision of US citizens as industrious and successful. Second, they wanted to keep students in the canal zone and out of Panama.

Those guys thought about three things. First, they wanted to train themselves well. Second, they wanted to buy pickup trucks and drive them back to El Salvador. When I finished class at the end of the day and went to the library, they would go out and look for cheap pickups to buy. And third, they had a lot of relatives and this is after 1984, so this is the period where The School of the Americas has moved to the United States. And third, they had a lot of relatives who they wanted to see in the United States, especially Washington.

Episode: Part One: The Deadliest School in History

It was discussed as a detailed and readable resource on the history of the institution, detailing the training and mindset of students, as well as the outcomes of their actions.

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While the United States dedicated itself to containing the global expansion of the Soviet Union and persecuted domestic critics with varying degrees of intensity, it assigned its Latin American allies the task of guarding against the threat posed by internal subversion.

Defense manufacturers sought out new markets for their wares and Congress created generous military aid programs facilitating arms transfers not only helped secure U.S. access to raw materials and the general cooperation of regional militaries. It also tied Latin American militaries to the use and thus the continued purchase of technology produced in the United States.

'They did so for two reasons. First, they hope to convey to the students a particular vision of US citizens as industrious and successful. Second, they wanted to keep students in the canal zone and out of Panama.

Those guys thought about three things. First, they wanted to train themselves well. Second, they wanted to buy pickup trucks and drive them back to El Salvador. When I finished class at the end of the day and went to the library, they would go out and look for cheap pickups to buy. And third, they had a lot of relatives and this is after 1984, so this is the period where The School of the Americas has moved to the United States. And third, they had a lot of relatives who they wanted to see in the United States, especially Washington.

As far as the internal enemy is concerned, the opinion acquired by those who have attended courses at The School of the Americas and others organized by the Pentagon has been increasingly prevalent. Many of these soldiers have responded to the stereotypes and thoughts which were inculcated into them during these courses, and believing they were liberating the country from the internal enemy, have committed a crime which can only be explained by their ingenuousness, their ignorance, and their political short-sightedness.

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Phyllis Schlafly

A Choice Not an Echo

Updated and Expanded 50th Anniversary Edition

It was a pro-Goldwater book that was framed as a conspiracy theory about how the Republican party was being controlled by Eastern elites, and it became a huge success, reportedly selling nearly 3 million copies.

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She writes a book called A Choice, Not an Echo. And this was like a pro-Goldwater argument.

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It was a pro-Goldwater book that was framed as a conspiracy theory about how the Republican party was being controlled by Eastern elites, and it became a huge success, reportedly selling nearly 3 million copies.

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She writes a book called A Choice, Not an Echo. And this was like a pro-Goldwater argument.

A Choice Not an Echo sells nearly 3 million copies and went on to hugely influence the California primary and the election.

It's generally seen as being a big part of what delivered Goldwater a surprise victory over Rockefeller.

And Phyllis for the rest of her life will brag that she self-publishes this book out of her garage and that it just becomes this massive hit that she just does all by her little old self.

The reality of the situation is that the John Birch Society bought like three million copies of this book to distribute it for free, and they handled the publication.

Episode: Part Two: Phyllis Schlafly: The Mother of all Cult...

It was a pro-Goldwater book that presented a conspiracy theory about how the Republican primary was being stolen by party elites, and was distributed widely.

"

She writes a book called A Choice, Not an Echo. And this was like a pro-Goldwater argument.

A Choice Not an Echo sells nearly 3 million copies and went on to hugely influence the California primary and the election.

It's generally seen as being a big part of what delivered Goldwater a surprise victory over Rockefeller.

And Phyllis for the rest of her life will brag that she self-publishes this book out of her garage and that it just becomes this massive hit that she just does all by her little old self.

The reality of the situation is that the John Birch Society bought like three million copies of this book to distribute it for free, and they handled the publication.

Episode: Part Two: Phyllis Schlafly: The Mother of all Cult...

It was a pro-Goldwater book that presented a conspiracy theory about how the Republican primary was being stolen by the party's elite. It was very successful and sold almost 3 million copies.

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She writes a book called A Choice, Not an Echo.

A Choice Not an Echo sells nearly 3 million copies and went on to hugely influence the California primary and the election.

It's generally seen as being a big part of what delivered Goldwater a surprise victory over Rockefeller.

And Phyllis for the rest of her life will brag that she self-publishes this book out of her garage and that it just becomes this massive hit that she just does all by her little old self.

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Elizabeth Gillespie McRae

Mothers of Massive Resistance

White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy

A book by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae that describes the grassroots movement as "white supremacist maternalism", which the author describes as a hatred and fear of anything that isn't white suburban moms.

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a kind of white supremacist maternalism is how Elizabeth Gillespie Mcray described this grassroots movement in her book Mothers of Massive Resistance

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A book by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae that describes the grassroots movement as "white supremacist maternalism", which the author describes as a hatred and fear of anything that isn't white suburban moms.

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a kind of white supremacist maternalism is how Elizabeth Gillespie Mcray described this grassroots movement in her book Mothers of Massive Resistance

Episode: Part Two: Phyllis Schlafly: The Mother of all Cult...

It described the grassroots movement Schlafly helped establish as 'white supremacist maternalism', characterized by the anxieties and prejudices of white, suburban mothers.

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a kind of white supremacist maternalism is how elizabeth gillespie mcray described this grassroots movement in her book Mothers of Massive Resistance white women in the politics of white supremacy

Episode: Part Two: Phyllis Schlafly: The Mother of all Cult...

This book describes the grassroots movement Schlafly built as 'white supremacist maternalism', a term that captures the ideology and the core demographic of her support.

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a kind of white supremacist maternalism is how Elizabeth Gillespie Mcray described this grassroots movement in her book Mothers of Massive Resistance

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Phyllis Schlafly

The Power of the Positive Woman

Published in 1977, this book compiled Schlafly's anti-gay ideas, including the notion that firemen should be able to refuse to work with gay colleagues due to their close living and working conditions.

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her 1977 book The Power of Positive Woman compiled these anti-gay ideas and exclaimed that firemen who constantly risk their lives on our behalf should have the right to make a judgment that their clo...

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Published in 1977, this book compiled Schlafly's anti-gay ideas, including the notion that firemen should be able to refuse to work with gay colleagues due to their close living and working conditions.

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her 1977 book The Power of Positive Woman compiled these anti-gay ideas and exclaimed that firemen who constantly risk their lives on our behalf should have the right to make a judgment that their close living and working conditions make a homosexual co-worker intolerable

Episode: Part Two: Phyllis Schlafly: The Mother of all Cult...

This book compiled Schlafly's anti-gay arguments and included the idea that gay coworkers could make an office space intolerable, even for firefighters.

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her 1977 book the power of positive woman of the positive woman compiled these anti-gay ideas and exclaimed that firemen who constantly risk their lives on our behalf should have the right to make a judgment that their close living and working conditions make a homosexual co-worker intolerable

Episode: Part Two: Phyllis Schlafly: The Mother of all Cult...

This book, published in 1977, compiled Schlafly's anti-gay ideas, which included the belief that gay coworkers were intolerable in the workplace.

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her 1977 book The Power of Positive Woman compiled these anti-gay ideas and exclaimed that firemen who constantly risk their lives on our behalf should have the right to make a judgment that their close living and working conditions make a homosexual co-worker intolerable

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Donald T. Critchlow

Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism

A Woman's Crusade (Politics and Society in Modern America, 54)

It was a deeply reported book that was very sympathetic to Phyllis Schlafly and described her early life as generally positive, but may have whitewashed her childhood experiences.

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No tensions between the parents were evident to their children or revealed in correspondence or diaries. Dottie was an attractive woman devoted to her family

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It was a deeply reported book that was very sympathetic to Phyllis Schlafly and described her early life as generally positive, but may have whitewashed her childhood experiences.

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No tensions between the parents were evident to their children or revealed in correspondence or diaries. Dottie was an attractive woman devoted to her family

her religious faith now combined with a well formed conservative ideology created a formidable political outlook.

Equally important, she learned from her work experience at AEA how to articulate complex issues and arguments into a simplified form easily understood by an average reader.

Much of her early political writings and speeches were derivative based on an extensive reading of conservative books and periodicals, government reports and liberal newspapers. Her originality lay in the way she framed issues.

what followed was a rather unusual courtship in which they usually saw each other once a week on the weekends, while the rest of the time they exchanged poetry and letters. These letters were intellectual exchanges about political and theological questions written as much to display the author's intelligence as to convey knowledge.

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It was described as a well-researched book, but the narrator found it to be very sympathetic towards Phyllis Schlafly, potentially whitewashing details of her upbringing.

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No tensions between the parents were evident to their children or revealed in correspondence or diaries. Dottie was an attractive woman devoted to her family

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It was described as a deeply reported book, but it was also noted to be very sympathetic towards Phyllis Schlafly, potentially whitewashing certain aspects of her life, especially her early years.

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No tensions between the parents were evident to their children or revealed in correspondence or diaries. Dottie was an attractive woman devoted to her family

her religious faith now combined with a well formed conservative ideology created a formidable political outlook.

Equally important, she learned from her work experience at AEA how to articulate complex issues and arguments into a simplified form easily understood by an average reader.

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Sara Nisha Adams

The Reading List

A Novel

It was a bibliographical guide to anti-communist books, published in 1958, which the author argued would lead readers to understand the United States was already in a total war with communists.

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the American failure to grasp that we are already engaged in a total war with the communists.

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It was a bibliographical guide to anti-communist books, published in 1958, which the author argued would lead readers to understand the United States was already in a total war with communists.

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the American failure to grasp that we are already engaged in a total war with the communists.

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It was a guide to anti-communist books and urged readers to understand that the US was already engaged in a total war with the communists.

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the American failure to grasp that we are already engaged in a total war with the communists.

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It was a bibliographical guide to anti-communist books, which she believed would help readers understand that the United States was already in a full-fledged war against communism.

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the American failure to grasp that we are already engaged in a total war with the communists.

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Stuart Schrader

Badges without Borders

How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing (Volume 56) (American Crossroads)

It was discussed that the book explores how global counterinsurgency transformed American policing, particularly through CIA-linked programs that trained former Border Patrol agents to work abroad.

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According to Stuart Schrader in his forthcoming Badges without Borders, how global counterinsurgency transformed American policing.

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It was discussed that the book explores how global counterinsurgency transformed American policing, particularly through CIA-linked programs that trained former Border Patrol agents to work abroad.

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According to Stuart Schrader in his forthcoming Badges without Borders, how global counterinsurgency transformed American policing.

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It was discussed in the context of the Cold War, detailing how former Border Patrol agents were sent to train foreign police forces, particularly in Spanish-speaking countries like Guatemala and El Salvador.

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According to Stuart Schrader in his forthcoming Badges without Borders, how global counterinsurgency transformed American policing.

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It was discussed in the context of how the CIA used the Border Patrol to train foreign police in counterinsurgency tactics, particularly in Central America, during the Cold War.

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According to Stuart Schrader in his forthcoming Badges without Borders, how global counterinsurgency transformed American policing.

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Jon Krakauer

Where Men Win Glory

The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

It was described as a good book, although it contained a lot of information about high school football, and presented Pat Tillman as more sensitive than the typical 'meathead soldier' persona.

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And there's a there's a number of articles, too, on on The Intercept and on Sports Illustrated that all talked about Pat Tillman.

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It was described as a good book, although it contained a lot of information about high school football, and presented Pat Tillman as more sensitive than the typical 'meathead soldier' persona.

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And there's a there's a number of articles, too, on on The Intercept and on Sports Illustrated that all talked about Pat Tillman.

And they all paint a picture of a guy who's not what I expected going into this, who was really sensitive, who was constantly reading a book, always had a book in his hand, read the Koran and the Bible, but was not himself religious and in fact identified as an atheist.

One of them is the Krakauer book, Where Men Win Glory, which is a pretty good book, although it talks about a lot of high school football.

And he in general seems like a pretty progressive and not like reflexively patriotic dude, which is why it was kind of frustrating on September 25th, 2017 when President Donald Trump retweeted a post from - the Twitter name's user is Jmaga45.

According to the book Where Men Find Glory, quote, Wilkinson was the president's man on the ground at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Qatar, controlling and carefully shaping information about the war disseminated by the international press.

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It was discussed as a good book that provided details about Tillman's life, but also included a lot about high school football.

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And there's a there's a number of articles, too, on on The Intercept and on Sports Illustrated that all talked about Pat Tillman.

One of them is the Krakauer book, Where Men Win Glory,

And they all paint a picture of a guy who's not what I expected going into this, who was really sensitive, who was constantly reading a book,

always had a book in his hand, read the Koran and the Bible, but was not himself religious and in fact identified as an atheist.

According to a federal statute and several army regulations, Mary Tillman, as next of kin, was supposed to be notified that an investigation was underway,

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It was discussed as a source for the podcast, detailing Pat Tillman's life and the circumstances surrounding his death. It was also noted for covering a lot of high school football.

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And there's a there's a number of articles, too, on on The Intercept and on Sports Illustrated that all talked about Pat Tillman.

And they all paint a picture of a guy who's not what I expected going into this, who was really sensitive, who was constantly reading a book, always had a book in his hand, read the Koran and the Bible, but was not himself religious and in fact identified as an atheist.

According to a federal statute and several army regulations, Mary Tillman, as next of kin, was supposed to be notified that an investigation was underway, even if friendly fire was only suspected and be kept informed as additional information about the cause of death becomes known.

Instead, McChrystal and the soldiers under their command went to extraordinary lengths to prevent the Tillman family from learning the truth about how Pat died.

Shortly before the 2nd Ranger Battalion sent Pat's remains home from Afghanistan, he, Kozlerich, was arranging a repatriation ceremony when a sergeant approached him and said, hey, sir, Kevin Tillman doesn't want a chaplain involved in his repatriation ceremony.

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Michael Barkun

A Culture of Conspiracy

Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society Book 15)

It was discussed in relation to the 'cultic milieu' and how it rejects authority, with a focus on conspiracy theories that reject widely accepted beliefs.

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The cultic milieu is by nature hostile to authority, both because it rejects the authority of such normative institutions as churches and universities and because no single institution within the mili...

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It was discussed in relation to the 'cultic milieu' and how it rejects authority, with a focus on conspiracy theories that reject widely accepted beliefs.

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The cultic milieu is by nature hostile to authority, both because it rejects the authority of such normative institutions as churches and universities and because no single institution within the milieu has the authority to prescribe beliefs and practices for those within it.

As diverse as the cultic milieu is, however, Campbell finds in it unifying tendencies. One such tendency is its opposition to dominant cultural orthodoxies.

This is also a major characteristic of the culture of conspiracy, within which the reigning presumption is that any widely accepted belief must necessarily be false.

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It was discussed in the context of a cultic milieu, which is a supportive cultural environment for cults to form. The book was mentioned while explaining how conspiracy theories became more prominent in American culture.

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The cultic milieu is by nature hostile to authority, both because it rejects the authority of such normative institutions as churches and universities and because no single institution within the milieu has the authority to prescribe beliefs and practices for those within it.

Within a few months of the first modern claim of a flying saucer sighting in 1947, polls showed that 90% of the population had heard of them.

The Lear statement is brief, only seven printed pages, but dizzying in its claims.

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It was discussed in relation to the cultic milieu and how it rejects authority and dominant cultural orthodoxies, which was seen as a precursor to the QAnon phenomenon.

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The cultic milieu is by nature hostile to authority, both because it rejects the authority of such normative institutions as churches and universities and because no single institution within the milieu has the authority to prescribe beliefs and practices for those within it.

Within a few months of the first modern claim of a flying saucer sighting in 1947, polls showed that 90% of the population had heard of them.

The Lear statement is brief, only seven printed pages, but dizzying in its claims.

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