{"product_id":"the-nra-9781250210289","title":"The NRA","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time, the definitive account of America's most powerful, most secretive, and most controversial nonprofit, and how far it has strayed from its origins.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe National Rifle Association is unique in American life. Few other civic organizations are as old or as large. None is as controversial. It is largely due to the NRA that the U.S. gun policy differs so extremely  some would say so tragically  from that of every other developed nation. But, as Frank Smyth shows, the NRA has evolved from an organization concerned above all with marksmanship  and which supported most government efforts around gun control for a hundred years  to one that resists all attempts to restrict guns in any way.  At the same time, the organization has also buried its own remarkable history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is that story, from the NRA's surprising roots in post-Civil War New York City to the defining event that changed its culture forever  the so called Cincinnati Revolt of 1977  to the\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863124345175,"sku":"9781250210289","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250210289.jpg?v=1759919709","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-nra-9781250210289","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}