Western Islands (publisher)
Western Islands is the publishing arm of the John Birch Society (JBS). Originally in Belmont, Massachusetts, Western Islands is now located in Appleton, Wisconsin, where the JBS has its current headquarters. Alongside the American Opinion Bookstores and Speakers' Bureau, Western Islands was one of the primary organs by which the John Birch Society distributed its published materials across the continent.[1]
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Parent company | John Birch Society |
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Predecessor | American Opinion |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, Massachusetts 02178 PO Box 8040, Appleton, Wisconsin 54913 |
Distribution | North America[1] |
Publication types | Books |
Nonfiction topics | Anti-Communism, politics, international relations |
Selected publications
- Allen, Gary (1971). Nixon: The Man Behind the Mask.
- Allen, Gary (1971). Nixon’s Palace Guard. LCCN 72-180076.
- Burnham, James (1965). The Web of Subversion: Underground Networks in the U.S. Government. OCLC 1036906317.[2][3]
- Chambers, Claire (1977). The SIECUS Circle: A Humanist Revolution. ISBN 978-0882791197.
- Daugherty, Harry Micajah (1975). The Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy. ISBN 978-0882791180.
- de Toledano, Ralph (1965). Seeds of Treason: The True Story of the Chambers-Hiss Tragedy.
- Dinsmore, Herman H. (1974). The Bleeding of America. ISBN 978-0882791265.
- Drummey, James J. (1991). The Establishment's Man. ISBN 978-0882790329.
- du Berrier, Hilaire (1965). Background to Betrayal: The Tragedy of Vietnam. LCCN 65-24091.
- Evans, M. Stanton (1970). The Assassination of Joe McCarthy. OCLC 476643261.
- Gannon, Francis X. (1969–73). Biographical Dictionary of the Left. (4 Vols.)
- Granovsky, Anatoli (1962). I Was An NKVD Agent: A Top Soviet Spy Tells His Story. ISBN 978-1163809938.
- Greaves, Percy L., Jr. (1973). Understanding the Dollar Crisis. Foreword by Ludwig von Mises.[4]
- Griffin, G. Edward (1964). The Fearful Master: A Second Look at the United Nations. ISBN 978-0882791029.
- Griffin, G. Edward (1968). The Great Prison Break: The Supreme Court Leads the Way. OCLC 220369.
- Griffin, G. Edward (1981). This is the John Birch Society: An Invitation to Membership [3rd ed.] ISBN 978-0912986043. OCLC 10543258. Recorded Dec. 17, 1969.
- Hoar, William P. (1984). Architects of Conspiracy: An Intriguing History.
- Huddleston, Sisley (1965). France: The Tragic Years, 1939-1947.
- Jasper, William F. (1992). Global Tyranny... Step by Step: The United Nations and the Emerging New World Order. ISBN 978-0882791357.
- Johnson, Gus (1977). F.D.N.Y.: The Fire Buff's Handbook of the New York Fire Department, 1900-1975. ISBN 978-0882792330.
- Kelly, Clarence (1974). Conspiracy Against God and Man. ISBN 978-0882792293.
- Lane, Arthur Bliss (1965). I Saw Poland Betrayed: An American Ambassador Reports to the American People. The Americanist Library, One Dozen Candles, Vol. 2. Full text.[5]
- Lee, Robert W. (1981). The United Nations Conspiracy. ISBN 978-0882792361.
- Linington, Elizabeth (1965). Come to Think of It.
- Lumpkin, Grace (1962). Full Circle. ISBN 0595282946.[6]
- Montgomery, Robert H. (1965). Sacco Vanzetti: The Murder and the Myth. ISBN 978-0882790039.
- Perloff, James (1988). The Shadows of Power: The Council on Foreign Relations and the American Decline. ISBN 978-0882791340.
- Robison, John (1976). Proofs of a Conspiracy. Originally published in 1797.
- Rose, Martin L. (1956). Fabian Freeway: High Road to Socialism in the U.S.A., 1884-1966. LCCN 66-28199.
- Rust, Zad (1971). Teddy Bare: The Last of the Kennedy Clan (1971)
- Sennholz, Hans F. (1979). The Age of Inflation (1979). ISBN 978-0882791296.
- Smoot, Dan (1965). The Invisible Government. ISBN 978-0882791258.
- Smoot, Dan (1973). The Business End of Government.
- Somoza, Anastasio and Jack Cox (1980). Nicaragua Betrayed. ISBN 978-0882792354. LCCN 80-142893. OCLC 16600987. Full text.
- Stang, Alan (1968). The Actor: The True Story of John Foster Dulles Secretary of State, 1953-1959.
- Stang, Alan (1974). The Highest Virtue (1974).
- Sturdza, Michel (1968). The Suicide of Europe: Memoirs by Prince Michel Sturdza, Former Foreign Minister of Rumania.
- van Gorder, Dan P. (1966). Ill Fares the Land: The Famine Planned for America. (1966). LCCN 66-28920.
- Welch, Robert (1959). The Blue Book of The John Birch Society. ISBN 0882791052. Full text at HathiTrust.
- Welch, Robert (1960). The Life of John Birch: In the Story of One American Boy, the Ordeal of his Age. ISBN 0882791168.
- Welch, Robert (1963). The Politician.
- Welch, Robert (1966). The New Americanism: And Other Speeches. ISBN 978-0882792118. OCLC 7351053.
- Willoughby, Charles A. (1965). Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring, Moscow, Shanghai, Tokyo, San Francisco, New York. Preface by General Douglas MacArthur. The Americanist Library, One Dozen Candles. OCLC 555486408.
See also
External links
References
- Toy, Eckard V. (Jr.). "The Right Side of the 1960s: The Origins of the John Birch Society in the Pacific Northwest." Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 105, No. 2, Summer 2004, pp. 260-283. JSTOR 20615422
- “As the Birch Society grew, its American Opinion Bookstores, Western Islands Press [sic], and American Opinion Speakers' Bureau spread Welch's ideas and JBS programs across the United States and into Canada.” (p. 270)
- Kristol, Irving (Jun. 1954). Review of The Web of Subversion by James Burnham. Commentary Magazine.
- Roberts, Henry L. (Jul. 1954). "Review of The Web of Subversion by James Burnham". Foreign Affairs, vol. 32, no. 4. doi:10.2307/20031065.
- Hazlitt, Henry (Mar. 1974). Review of Understanding the Dollar Crisis by Percy L. Greaves Jr. Books for Libertarians, vol. 3, no. 3. p. 4. Full issue.
- Woolbert, Robert Gale (Jul. 1948). "Recent Books on International Affairs." Review of I Saw Poland Betrayed by Arthur Bliss Lane. Foreign Affairs, vol. 26, no. 4. doi:10.2307/20030152. JSTOR 20030152. Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original.
- Free, William J. (Spring 1964). Review of Full Circle by Grace Lumpkin. Georgia Review, vol. 18, no. 1. pp. 118-121. JSTOR 41395995.
Bibliography
- American Opinion book list (1968)
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