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'''Willard Cleon Skousen''' (January 20, 1913&nbsp;&ndash; 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&nbsp;&ndash; 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==

==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.

Skousen was born in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, to Royal Pratt and Margarita Bentley Skousen.  He graduated from George Washington University Law School in 1940.