Willis Carto and the American far right
"Willis Carto (b. 1926) is arguably the most important radical conservative in postwar America. Best known as the founder of the infamous Liberty Lobby, he has shaped the far right's position on such issues as immigration, globalization, multiculturalism, and the conflict in the Middle East." "Carta's career - and George Michael's biography - illuminate sometimes surprising connections on the right. A high-profile Holocaust denier with ties to the militia movement, Carto also worked for George Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign and was, for a time, on good terms with columnist William F. Buckley Jr." "Throughout his long political career, Carto has sought to unite the various movements that make up the far right. Toward that end, he has reached out to individuals from both the fringe and the mainstream. Michael provides an account of the various publishing and organizational ventures in which Carto has been involved, including, most famously, the Liberty Lobby. Founded in 1955, the organization endured until 2001 and began publishing the Spotlight in 1975. A few years later (1979), Carto founded the Institute for Historical Review, which established an institutional basis for Holocaust denial." "In addition to his role in Youth for Wallace, Carto has made other forays into electoral politics, including his involvement with the Populist Party in the mid-1980s and his support for the political career of David Duke. After the Liberty Lobby was forced to disband in 2001 in the wake of a damaging civil suit, he quickly reconstituted the organization as the publisher of the American Free Press."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©2008
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