Book series published by John Birch Society
One Dozen Candles was a series of history and opinion books criticizing communism, labor unions, and welfare policies that was assembled by Robert W. Welch, Jr. and published during the 1960s by Western Islands, the publishing arm of American right-wing advocacy group the John Birch Society. On the series packaging, the name One Dozen Candles was accompanied by the proverb, \"It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.\" Earlier editions also carried the branding for the \"American Opinion Reprint Series\" while later editions were part of \"The Americanist Library.\"
The books included in the One Dozen Candles were paperback reprints of books written between 1938 and 1965 by a variety of authors, some of whom were never members of nor ideologically aligned with the John Birch Society. The twelve selections changed slightly over the course of the years and a thirteenth volume was added in later collections.
Series entries
Earlier collections
1
While You Slept: Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It
John T. Flynn
1951
2
The Web of Subversion: Underground Networks in the U.S. Government
James Burnham
1954
3
America\'s Retreat from Victory
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy
1951
4
Odyssey of a Fellow Traveler
J.B. Matthews
1938
5
Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring, Moscow, Shanghai, Tokyo, San Francisco, New York
Major-General Charles A. Willoughby
1952
6
From Major Jordan\'s Diaries
George Racey Jordan
1952
7
I Saw Poland Betrayed
Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane
1948
8
The People\'s Pottage
Garet Garrett
1953
9
The Kohler Strike: Union Violence and Administrative Law
Sylvester Petro
1961
10
The Pentagon Case
Colonel Victor J. Fox, with Robert A. Winston
1958
11
The Tragedy of Bolivia: A People Crucified
Alberto Ostria Gutierrez
1958
12
Nine Men Against America
Rosalie M. Gordon
1958
Later collections
1
While You Slept: Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It
John T. Flynn
1951
2
Seeds of Treason
Ralph de Toledano
1950
3
America\'s Retreat from Victory
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy
1951
4
The Whole of Their Lives
Benjamin Gitlow
1948
5
Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring, Moscow, Shanghai, Tokyo, San Francisco, New York
Major-General Charles A. Willoughby
1952
6
From Major Jordan\'s Diaries
George Racey Jordan
1952
7
I Saw Poland Betrayed
Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane
1948
8
The People\'s Pottage
Garet Garrett
1953
9
The Kohler Strike: Union Violence and Administrative Law
Sylvester Petro
1961
10
The Invisible Government
Dan Smoot
1962
11
France, The Tragic Years
Sisley Huddleston
1955
12
Nine Men Against America
Rosalie M. Gordon
1958
*
Background to Betrayal: The Tragedy of Vietnam
Hilaire du Berrier
1965
13th title included in boxed sets was not included in printed listing on package
