in april 1942 john birch was the 1st white man that any of them had seen. and because birch spoke chinese asked birch if you would accompany them and help them out, which he did for a few weeks. this was his introduction to the military and this was the transition from missionary life to military life. birch was helpful to doolittle and his men who as you may know launched be 25 bombers, 16 planes, total of 80 men from the uss hornet. about 500 miles to the east of tokyo. that is not just bomb tokyo, by the way, they bought five or six different cities in japan. no one had ever launched a bomber from an aircraft carrier. no one imagined it could be done, but doolittle was fearless and figured out how. the problem was you could not lend an airplane, the sizable bomber on an aircraft carrier. so the plan was to fly from japan to judge on province there was a miscommunication they arrived inthey arrived in the middle of the night in a rainstorm instead of the day, as was scheduled. the chinese did not know there coming. they turned off the runway lights. and so

his brother said there was no connection between my brother, john birch, at the john birch society. and i think that some data. urge was interested in religion. welch was interested in politics. >> roger? >> i had a similar question about the sources of the archives at the birch society itself. at the end of the store you didn't health what became of the society and what its significance is. >> the birch society still exist. you can go online and find a. its headquarters down in appleton, wisconsin, which coincidentally is the home of joseph mccarthy. [laughter] i asked about getting access to the archives. they are apparently available to members. i did not take out a membership. [laughter] there still are, you know, i don't know what the numbers are, at the heart of the birch society commitment as many as 100,000 members paying their dues, meeting on a regular basis. i wanted to see if i could use some extended quotes from robert welch, but the birch society was not inclined to give me permission for that unless they could review my manuscript, which i declined. fortunately, robert

this is about 10 minutes. >> what is the john birch society? prof. mulloy: the john birch society is a political organization formed in 1958 in indianapolis, and has headquarters in massachusetts. it was very prominent in the 1960's in particular. >> what was the purpose behind the society? prof. mulloy: they were an anti-communist organization. they opposed and feared that communism would subvert the united states. globally, they opposed collectivism of all times, so they were opposed to many manifestations of the welfare state. they opposed what they saw as excessive governmental interference in the economy. in foreign policy, they wanted the united states to take a more active role in trying to win the cold war, to defeat communism in cuba, vietnam, those cons of places. >> who was john birch? prof. mulloy: he was an american missionary and a soldier who was killed at the end of the second world war in china. the president of the john birch society discovered his story and identified birch as the first victim of this world war. >> does the party s

the president of the john birch society discovered his story and identified birch as the first victimf this world war. >> does the party still exist? prof. mulloy: it does. it is much smaller now than it was in the late 1950's and early 1960's, but it revived itself as part of the tea party movement. it actually moved in 1989 to appleton, wisconsin, the hometown and final resting place of joe mccarthy, who so many in the birch society revered, continuing the work of joe mccarthy in some respect. so, yes, they still exist. >> tell me about the original members of the john birch society. who did it attract? prof. mulloy: rep. welch personally founded it in 1958. he was a retired candy manufacturer, a former board member of the national association of manufacturers, and he invited people to create this new conservative group. it tended to be businessmen, ex-military officers, intellectuals. for example, lawrence bunker, the former aide to douglas macarthur. and most well-known is fred coke -- fred koch. the founder is one of the richest men in canada, and the father of charles and david

said john birch might not have been a birch are but mom was. so she is as a facilitator providing with material that allows birch to do his version of the biography and seems to competitive the brothers expressed some doubts later on, she's the transmission belt and she gives a golden seal of approval. so this could be read slightly differently as kind of a brilliant political act on welch's part. it takes some raw material, embellish it and you are insisted upon way by family members and even by the independent baptists who were chronicling in an exaggerated way john birch's own activities earlier. even from the start that it is a fictionalized john birch, kind of accompanying the real one. >> right. i think you put it so well, and the mother, ethel birch, as i mentioned earlier, was frustrated, angry, and bought into this idea that there was conspiracy about her son's death. so she was very much open to welch. welch, i think the other reason that welch last -- latched onto this was simply because the story was not widely known. it was because

, captain john birch in cold blood. birch was willing to sacrifice his life, according to nolan, to test the communists who pretended to be cooperating with the united states. so this is a rewriting of history, or it's nolan's attempt to say history would have been different if only the truth of the death of this american officer had been revealed at the time. >> [inaudible] >> he gave this speech in, i believe, it was october. >> okay -- [inaudible] >> exactly. actually, it was september. and it was a couple of months before the chinese enter the korean conflict. but, of course, relations are already badly fraying, and he's not -- well, communists in general, but the chinese communists are the real threat. nolan was sometimes called the senator from formosa. he gave so many speeches that, in defense of taiwan and chiang kai-shek that he earns that soakly debt. and it wasn't robert welch who came up with the story of john birch, it was because robert welch read a speech in the congressional record, of all places -- [laug

did the john birch society change the republican party in any way? prof. mulloy: i think it helped them shift it to the right. it took a while for goldwater and the burgers to have that influence, but it moved it in a more conservative direction. it paved the way for reagan's eventual victory, the activism, energy, enthusiasm, and dedication to the cause. i think it really helped that side considerably to become a major part of the republican party. canast question for you, you tell me a little bit about the resources you used in your research? i understand there is a secret nature about them? yeah.mulloy: temperatures are a secretive organization. it does not allow independent researchers access to their archive. ironically, you can go to moscow and look at kgb archives, but you can't look at the john birch society's. i looked at press reports, theressional records, and is one archive called the wilcox collection, and i spent some time in their. they have a lot of john birch and american opinions that were published. i was able to get information on those

they have a lot of john birch material and american opinions that were published. i was able to get information on those sources and archives. >> darren mulloy, thank you very much. prof. mulloy: thank you. >> general ely viewed it from a strategic standpoint. how this impacts of the outcome of the campaign. the shenandoah valley battlefield foundation hosted this talk. mr. wert: i should thank kevin but i always seem to get the timeslots -- i assure you we will be going to lunch on time. i am not very bright but i am bright enough to know that, so don't worry about that. on august 23 1864, president lincoln held a cabinet meeting. for the previous weeks, he had been getting telegrams from republican politician say it, you cannot be real elected. -- reelected. the people have had it with your administration. in you have to address certain things. this meeting, he did. he asked every member to sign a letter which lincoln had written. in that letter, he and his cabinet pledged their support to the next administration, who lincoln thought would not be him. bud touched

this is about 10 minutes. >> what is the john birch society? prof. mulloy: the john birch society is a political organization formed in 1958 in

about her involvement with the right to die movement, you will learn about the namesake of the john birch society. that is just a few of the authors coming up this holiday weekend, for a holiday weekend, for a complete schedule, go to booktv.org. book tv on c-span two, 72 hours of nonfiction books and authors, this memorial day weekend. >> now joining us on book tv is chris jackson, what you do for living? >> i am the publisher, am the publisher, editor-in-chief of oneworld books, it is with the random house, it existed 20 years ago and i am reimagining and reanimating it today. >> what is the focus of oneworld? >> some of the books that my career, the focus was on social justice issues. really their fiction and nonfiction and it will help us understand the past in different ways we understand our history more, understand or crisis better through storytelling also helps us imagine the future. it is a book about the most conversations were having today and ways of thinking, new ways of imagining from those that are outside to those that we consider the mainstream. whether that is people we

how it should deal with the john birch society at the time, how it should deal with troubles with the young americans for freedom, a very conservative organization. dr. edwards, i believe, was the first editor, or one of the early editors of his paper in the 1960's. he started very young and has known rusher for very long. rusher would advise the national review people, and buckley, who , what was going on out there among conservatives. what problems there were in conservative politics. what good things were happening, what ought to be supported. buckley, is interested in -- developing and a highintaining reputation for "national review ." for a thoughtful magazine. at one point, he writes to colleagues and says no, it was an editorial in 1960. he says to readers, but would have said equally to his colleagues, our job is not to make tactical politics, it is to think and write and occasionally, to mediate. -- to play offer role ofg of a broker's among conservatives, in whatever they are conflicted about. buckley sees the need for that, rusher is ideally suited to help review" in that r

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the namesake of the john birch society. that is just a few of the authors coming up this holiday we can. for complete schedule go to booktv.org. booktv on c-span2, 72 hours of nonfiction books and authors this memorial day weekend. .. >> host: joining us onset is radio talkshow host and author of seven books dennis prager. his most recent book is called "the 10 commandments: still the best moral code". dennis prager, what is on your mind? >> guest: very good opening question and i will answer you completely honestly, what is on my mind? it is not totally germane but quite germane to the 10 , the gr and i do believe that a big part of the reason is the radical secularization of our society. >> host: where did that come from? how did it come about? >> guest: it came about, its origins really emanate from europe. after world war i, and even somewhat before but especially after world war i, europe decided that everything it believed in was nonsense because of the massacres of world war i. the atrocious loss of life for no appar

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