Nut Country by Edward H. Miller explores how Dallas became a crucible for the far-right forces that would reshape the Republican Party. On the day of JFK’s assassination, Kennedy himself remarked they were heading into "nut country"—a city teeming with ultraconservatives who despised his policies.

Miller traces how a coalition of extremist businessmen, religious leaders, and political operatives in Dallas used anticommunism, biblical literalism, and racism to build a powerful populist movement. Though once seen as fringe, their influence pushed the Republican Party further right, laying the groundwork for the Southern Strategy and the rise of modern conservative politics.

With sharp research and vivid storytelling, Nut Country connects the political culture of 1960s Dallas to today’s GOP—marked by conspiracism, ideological extremism, and racial polarization.