Republican Extremism: From Joseph McCarthy to Donald Trump

By: Toplin, Robert Brent

Republican extremism is running amok. How did the GOP get in this mess?

Robert Brent Toplin shows the radical shift occurred long before Donald Trump entered the White House. An early sign of trouble occurred in the 1950s when Joseph McCarthy engaged in reckless demagoguery. In later decades militants purged moderates, rejected compromise, and disparaged political opponents. Now extremism poses a crisis for the United States and the world.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798350949520
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Bookbaby
• Length: 256 Pages