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Early life
'''Willard Cleon Skousen''' (January 20, 1913 – January 9, 2006), author of the best-selling books [[The Naked Communist]]<ref>https://www.skousen2000.com/historical-books/11-the-naked-communist.html
'''Willard Cleon Skousen''' (January 20, 1913 – January 9, 2006), author of the best-selling books [[The Naked Communist]]<ref>https://www.skousen2000.com/historical-books/11-the-naked-communist.html
</ref> and [[The Five Thousand Year Leap]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haddock |first1=Sharon |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705292222/Becks-backing-bumps-Skousen-book-to-top.html?pg=all |title=Beck's backing bumps Skousen book to top |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=March 21, 2009 }}</ref> was a [[conservative]] [[constitutionalist]] [[libertarian]] [[Mormon]] [[American]] author and political theorist.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper= [[Deseret News]] |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705349270/BYU-professors-Glenn-Beck-doesnt-speak-for-all-Mormons.html |title= BYU professors: Glenn Beck doesn't speak for all Mormons |first= Sara |last= Israelsen-Hartley |date= December 5, 2009}}</ref> He also helped popularize among [[Latter-day Saint]]s ([[Mormons]]) (LDS) their [[Mormonism|theology]]. A notable [[anti-communist]] and supporter of the [[John Birch Society]],<ref>Skousen, Cleon (1963), ''The Communist Attack on the John Birch Society''. Belmont, MA: American Opinion. 8 page pamphlet. [http://www.ourrepubliconline.com/OurRepublic/Article/27 Online reprint] by Micah Burnett at ourrepubliconline.com</ref>
</ref> and [[The Five Thousand Year Leap]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haddock |first1=Sharon |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705292222/Becks-backing-bumps-Skousen-book-to-top.html?pg=all |title=Beck's backing bumps Skousen book to top |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=March 21, 2009 }}</ref> was a [[conservative]] [[constitutionalist]] [[libertarian]] [[Mormon]] [[American]] author and political theorist.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper= [[Deseret News]] |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705349270/BYU-professors-Glenn-Beck-doesnt-speak-for-all-Mormons.html |title= BYU professors: Glenn Beck doesn't speak for all Mormons |first= Sara |last= Israelsen-Hartley |date= December 5, 2009}}</ref> He also helped popularize among [[Latter-day Saint]]s ([[Mormons]]) (LDS) their [[Mormonism|theology]]. A notable [[anti-communist]] and supporter of the [[John Birch Society]],<ref>Skousen, Cleon (1963), ''The Communist Attack on the John Birch Society''. Belmont, MA: American Opinion. 8 page pamphlet. [http://www.ourrepubliconline.com/OurRepublic/Article/27 Online reprint] by Micah Burnett at ourrepubliconline.com</ref>
==Early life==
Skousen was born in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, to Royal Pratt and Margarita Bentley Skousen. He graduated from George Washington University Law School in 1940.
==Background==
==Background==