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A Book Review of “Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right”

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Matthew Shepler
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As part of an American History course which was instructed by Professor Brandon Gauthier of Fordham University; Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies. The essay was a book review of "Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right" which was written by Lisa McGirr. The essay explains more information about Right-Wing politics, Anti-Semitic ideas, and the conservative movements of the 1950s and 60s. Though, on the contrary, the research paper demonstrates how the politics can research for minority groups and lower social classes of America for the Right-Wing Conservatives.

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Mr. Matthew S. Shepler Professor Bandon Gauthier HIST 1100 14 March 2015 A Book Review of “Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right” Introduction Lisa McGirr’s text, “Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right” supported Right-Wing politics in the United States. Even though the Right of the movement may have been established from prejudice ideas, racial equality became the “positive outcome” because of the political movements (anti-Communism, grass-root conservatives, and social conservatives) that were meant to separate the conservatism and communism. In fact, the Orange County area of California called for economic freedom. Eventually, institutions were developed to educate people who inhabited the area of anti-communism ideas. The movement didn’t just limit itself to the Sunbelt region of the developed economy of the United States, but also progressed further into the United States with the support of religious organizations. Orange County was the heart of many political movements. After the new Right was established, activism began to support this new idea of socialism for the area. A new focus developed for professionals when the movement began to progress further into the national economy. In fact, researchers and social scientists were able to focus on issues that related to minority groups and lower social classes. What started as a large group of grass-root conservatives, ended as qualitative support for American progress. To explain, these social conservatives provided much needed support toward minority groups and lower social classes
Shepler, 2 who inhabited the Orange County area of California. In fact, racial equality became a major focus of the social conservatives. Argumentative Even though the main issue became equality with the social conservatives, the Right of this anti-Communism and grass-root conservative movement was for the superior race of Whites. For that reason, radical groups such as the Supremist and Ku Klux Klan were expected to be the ones who should benefit the most from the movement. Likewise, people believed that the anti- Communist movement was for the main interest of the capitalist. During this time of equality, other movements such as the gay rights began forming within the Orange County area of California. Most Christians who lived within the area perceived the gay rights as a way to corrupt American principles. Eventually, this lead to the support of abortion rights. This new obscenity and support of gay rights began influencing educators to provide new education to students within the class rooms of Orange County: sex education. Even though this may be true, homosexuals were only part of the problem. Homosexuality became such an issue within the Orange County area that the educators had to establish school policies which prohibited the activity among the school faculty. Homosexuality wasn’t recognized by the political sector. Anti-Communism During the early 1960s, conservatism was limited because of its restraints that were tied to communism. Anaheim was the heart of an anti-communism movement. This movement found qualitative aid “from the Orange County Freedom Forum and the California Free Enterprise Association to the Californians’ Committee to Combat Communism and the Citizens for
Shepler, 3 Fundamental Education” (McGirr, 56). In fact, a school was established within the area to provide education against communism—some of the first anti-communist schools were established before the early 1960s. This provided job creation for teachers and educators. Dr. Fred Schwartz, who was a medical professional within the Orange County area of California, compared communism to a disease. Regardless, anti-Communism education was the heart of Right-wing politics within the Orange county area of California. The anti-communism area of Orange County wasn’t only known for the city of Anaheim, but for Huntington Beach as well. Youth organizations were also established to support a future of political vicing within the area. Several other groups were established as well—most of which were developed to target communism within the State of California. Additional support was provided by ex-military personal. Thereafter, grass-root conservative movements began to develop within the Orange County area of California. Among all of this support was also the Roman Catholic Church. Likewise, other world renown organizations such as the United Nations also combatted communism. Another great way to take a stand against communism was with the press. These anti-communism activities didn’t just occur over the late 1950s and early 1960s, but rather over the duration of two decades. Anti-Semitism and the Conservative Grass-Root Movement Movements were lead within the Orange County area of California which focused on anti-Semitic beliefs. A popular group within that area of California was the grass-root conservatives. During the early 1960s, the group first developed out of an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) meeting within the greater metropolitan area of Anaheim (56). Thereafter, their group may have contained thousands of members but were not fundamentally
Shepler, 4 focused toward a single direction. This activism for social policy began to progress toward the direction of allegations and investigations, but from an unjust perspective. This political movement of the grassroots increased violence within the metropolitan area. Generally, the grass-root conservative movement began because of the following issues: racial inequality and an insufficient welfare state (11). The grassroots contained several different types of members, but some of members included business professionals who may have inhabited the area. Eventually, the movement progressed more toward a national level rather than just focusing on the Southern California area of the developed economy of the United States. The main motivation of these grassroots was a lack of conservative leadership within the national government. This grass-root conservative movement of the early 1960s developed into a well- organized group of supporters, professionals, and organizations. An essential part of the movement was the availability of programs that were available. An important part of the liberalization of the grass-root conservatives was the John Birch society. Eventually, the grass-root conservative group “started a library to provided resources and direction for the grassroots activists” (98). Another important development of the grass-root conservatives was the development of study groups through random organizations. Activism was a great way for supporters and members of the grass-root conservative movement to develop his or her political progress. For this reason, volunteer opportunities were available to supporters and members of the movement. The number of female supporters within the conservative grass-root movement showed an increase over the 1960s. Eventually, the grass-root conservative group was able to provide support to Ronald Reagan which resulted in the victory of seven preliminary elections.
Shepler, 5 The Social Conservatives Social conservatives provided much needed support to the Orange County area of California. Social conservatives addressed important matters to the well-established conservatives—one in particular was the issue of abortion. To explain more, social conservatives provided more support toward issues rather than focusing on economic development. Eventually, social conservatives began to provide support toward the issue of racial equality. Equality was only part of the social conservative focus. By the late 1960s, taxation and state budgets became a major concern. Many sociologist supported the Right-wing conservative movement of the 1960s. The main value of the social conservatives was their power of the popular vote. Even though Right-wing conservative activist were against political and social change, social conservatives “encouraged them to become more vocal” (237). Positive political progress and socio-economic development within the Sunbelt region of the developed economy of the United States resulted with great success in regard to the social conservative movement (13). In regards to agriculture and the issue of low-quality soil within the Sunbelt region of the United States, suburbanization may have been ideal for the region. Conclusions To come to a conclusion, I agree with McGirr’s argument and focus that was in support of Right-Wing American politics. Capitalist played an important role in the anti-Communism, grass-root conservative, and social conservative movements which spanned from late-1950s into the late-1960s. The New Right which was established within the Orange County area of California was the core of all of these political movements. These political movements lasted for over twenty years.
Shepler, 6 In the beginning, the grass-root conservative groups were able to acquire over seven- thousand people just from politicking within the greater metropolitan area of Anaheim. Though, some of the more important members may have been career professionals from the Orange County area of California. These well-educated professionals were able to organize resources which provided much needed support to the movement. The movement became so supportive that it provided Ronald Reagan with enough support to take the victory of seven preliminary elections. In the later years of this political movement, the social conservative group was able to provide much needed support toward the direction of public issues within the region. During these two decades, great political progress was made in regards to socio-economic development and suburbanization within the Sunbelt region of the developed economy of the United States. Even though Capitalist supported anti-Communism and grass-roots within the Orange County area of California, the social conservative movement provided educational institutions, job growth within the education sector, conservative leadership, and a stronger political future within the Orange County area of California.
Shepler, 7 Resources McGirr, Lisa. Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Print.

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  • 1. Mr. Matthew S. Shepler Professor Bandon Gauthier HIST 1100 14 March 2015 A Book Review of “Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right” Introduction Lisa McGirr’s text, “Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right” supported Right-Wing politics in the United States. Even though the Right of the movement may have been established from prejudice ideas, racial equality became the “positive outcome” because of the political movements (anti-Communism, grass-root conservatives, and social conservatives) that were meant to separate the conservatism and communism. In fact, the Orange County area of California called for economic freedom. Eventually, institutions were developed to educate people who inhabited the area of anti-communism ideas. The movement didn’t just limit itself to the Sunbelt region of the developed economy of the United States, but also progressed further into the United States with the support of religious organizations. Orange County was the heart of many political movements. After the new Right was established, activism began to support this new idea of socialism for the area. A new focus developed for professionals when the movement began to progress further into the national economy. In fact, researchers and social scientists were able to focus on issues that related to minority groups and lower social classes. What started as a large group of grass-root conservatives, ended as qualitative support for American progress. To explain, these social conservatives provided much needed support toward minority groups and lower social classes
  • 2. Shepler, 2 who inhabited the Orange County area of California. In fact, racial equality became a major focus of the social conservatives. Argumentative Even though the main issue became equality with the social conservatives, the Right of this anti-Communism and grass-root conservative movement was for the superior race of Whites. For that reason, radical groups such as the Supremist and Ku Klux Klan were expected to be the ones who should benefit the most from the movement. Likewise, people believed that the anti- Communist movement was for the main interest of the capitalist. During this time of equality, other movements such as the gay rights began forming within the Orange County area of California. Most Christians who lived within the area perceived the gay rights as a way to corrupt American principles. Eventually, this lead to the support of abortion rights. This new obscenity and support of gay rights began influencing educators to provide new education to students within the class rooms of Orange County: sex education. Even though this may be true, homosexuals were only part of the problem. Homosexuality became such an issue within the Orange County area that the educators had to establish school policies which prohibited the activity among the school faculty. Homosexuality wasn’t recognized by the political sector. Anti-Communism During the early 1960s, conservatism was limited because of its restraints that were tied to communism. Anaheim was the heart of an anti-communism movement. This movement found qualitative aid “from the Orange County Freedom Forum and the California Free Enterprise Association to the Californians’ Committee to Combat Communism and the Citizens for
  • 3. Shepler, 3 Fundamental Education” (McGirr, 56). In fact, a school was established within the area to provide education against communism—some of the first anti-communist schools were established before the early 1960s. This provided job creation for teachers and educators. Dr. Fred Schwartz, who was a medical professional within the Orange County area of California, compared communism to a disease. Regardless, anti-Communism education was the heart of Right-wing politics within the Orange county area of California. The anti-communism area of Orange County wasn’t only known for the city of Anaheim, but for Huntington Beach as well. Youth organizations were also established to support a future of political vicing within the area. Several other groups were established as well—most of which were developed to target communism within the State of California. Additional support was provided by ex-military personal. Thereafter, grass-root conservative movements began to develop within the Orange County area of California. Among all of this support was also the Roman Catholic Church. Likewise, other world renown organizations such as the United Nations also combatted communism. Another great way to take a stand against communism was with the press. These anti-communism activities didn’t just occur over the late 1950s and early 1960s, but rather over the duration of two decades. Anti-Semitism and the Conservative Grass-Root Movement Movements were lead within the Orange County area of California which focused on anti-Semitic beliefs. A popular group within that area of California was the grass-root conservatives. During the early 1960s, the group first developed out of an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) meeting within the greater metropolitan area of Anaheim (56). Thereafter, their group may have contained thousands of members but were not fundamentally
  • 4. Shepler, 4 focused toward a single direction. This activism for social policy began to progress toward the direction of allegations and investigations, but from an unjust perspective. This political movement of the grassroots increased violence within the metropolitan area. Generally, the grass-root conservative movement began because of the following issues: racial inequality and an insufficient welfare state (11). The grassroots contained several different types of members, but some of members included business professionals who may have inhabited the area. Eventually, the movement progressed more toward a national level rather than just focusing on the Southern California area of the developed economy of the United States. The main motivation of these grassroots was a lack of conservative leadership within the national government. This grass-root conservative movement of the early 1960s developed into a well- organized group of supporters, professionals, and organizations. An essential part of the movement was the availability of programs that were available. An important part of the liberalization of the grass-root conservatives was the John Birch society. Eventually, the grass-root conservative group “started a library to provided resources and direction for the grassroots activists” (98). Another important development of the grass-root conservatives was the development of study groups through random organizations. Activism was a great way for supporters and members of the grass-root conservative movement to develop his or her political progress. For this reason, volunteer opportunities were available to supporters and members of the movement. The number of female supporters within the conservative grass-root movement showed an increase over the 1960s. Eventually, the grass-root conservative group was able to provide support to Ronald Reagan which resulted in the victory of seven preliminary elections.
  • 5. Shepler, 5 The Social Conservatives Social conservatives provided much needed support to the Orange County area of California. Social conservatives addressed important matters to the well-established conservatives—one in particular was the issue of abortion. To explain more, social conservatives provided more support toward issues rather than focusing on economic development. Eventually, social conservatives began to provide support toward the issue of racial equality. Equality was only part of the social conservative focus. By the late 1960s, taxation and state budgets became a major concern. Many sociologist supported the Right-wing conservative movement of the 1960s. The main value of the social conservatives was their power of the popular vote. Even though Right-wing conservative activist were against political and social change, social conservatives “encouraged them to become more vocal” (237). Positive political progress and socio-economic development within the Sunbelt region of the developed economy of the United States resulted with great success in regard to the social conservative movement (13). In regards to agriculture and the issue of low-quality soil within the Sunbelt region of the United States, suburbanization may have been ideal for the region. Conclusions To come to a conclusion, I agree with McGirr’s argument and focus that was in support of Right-Wing American politics. Capitalist played an important role in the anti-Communism, grass-root conservative, and social conservative movements which spanned from late-1950s into the late-1960s. The New Right which was established within the Orange County area of California was the core of all of these political movements. These political movements lasted for over twenty years.
  • 6. Shepler, 6 In the beginning, the grass-root conservative groups were able to acquire over seven- thousand people just from politicking within the greater metropolitan area of Anaheim. Though, some of the more important members may have been career professionals from the Orange County area of California. These well-educated professionals were able to organize resources which provided much needed support to the movement. The movement became so supportive that it provided Ronald Reagan with enough support to take the victory of seven preliminary elections. In the later years of this political movement, the social conservative group was able to provide much needed support toward the direction of public issues within the region. During these two decades, great political progress was made in regards to socio-economic development and suburbanization within the Sunbelt region of the developed economy of the United States. Even though Capitalist supported anti-Communism and grass-roots within the Orange County area of California, the social conservative movement provided educational institutions, job growth within the education sector, conservative leadership, and a stronger political future within the Orange County area of California.
  • 7. Shepler, 7 Resources McGirr, Lisa. Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Print.