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Jesse Helms (1921-2008) dominated the political landscape of North Carolina during the last half of the twentieth century.
About the Author: William A. Link is Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History emeritus at the University of Florida.
340 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Political

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Jesse Helms (1921-2008) dominated the political landscape of North Carolina during the last half of the twentieth century. Though Helms's thirty years in the US Senate are most remembered for what he opposed rather than what he achieved, he was a central figure in modern conservativism.

In this concise interpretive biography, William A. Link centers Helms in the political realignment of the late twentieth-century South and the national ascendance of modern conservatism. Helms helped to lead a coalition known for advocating staunch anticommunism, opposing civil rights legislation, and denouncing liberalism. He innovated strategies for consolidating political power by using broadcast media to generate grassroots outrage. In addition, Helms's National Congressional Club successfully raised a powerful war chest that could be used in television attack ads. Helms's career-long penchant for race-baiting and homophobic rhetoric created many opponents, but even they acknowledged his uncanny ability to piece together slender electoral majorities in a rapidly changing nation.

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"Key reading for everyone who wants to understand modern Southern politics."--Christopher A. Cooper, author of Anatomy of a Purple State: A North Carolina Politics Primer

"A captivating biography that reveals how Jesse Helms contributed to the rise of New Right conservatism, the Reagan revolution, and MAGA."--Karl E. Campbell, author of Senator Sam Ervin, Last of the Founding Fathers

About the Author

William A. Link is Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History emeritus at the University of Florida.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .76 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.05 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 340

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Sub-Genre: Political

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Format: Paperback

Author: William A Link

Language: English

Street Date: April 21, 2026

TCIN: 1009800040

UPC: 9781469694498

Item Number (DPCI): 247-24-8227

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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