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Bring the War Home : The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
Overview
A Guardian Best Book of the Year
"A gripping study of white power...Explosive."--New York Times "Helps explain how we got to today's alt-right."
--Terry Gross, Fresh Air The white power movement in America wants a revolution. Returning to a country ripped apart by a war they felt they were not allowed to win, a small group of Vietnam veterans and disgruntled civilians who shared their virulent anti-communism and potent sense of betrayal concluded that waging war on their own country was justified. The command structure of their covert movement gave women a prominent place. They operated with discipline, made tragic headlines in Waco, Ruby Ridge, and Oklahoma City, and are resurgent under President Trump. Based on a decade of deep immersion in previously classified FBI files and on extensive interviews, Bring the War Home tells the story of American paramilitarism and the birth of the alt-right. "A much-needed and troubling revelation... The power of Belew's book comes, in part, from the fact that it reveals a story about white-racist violence that we should all already know."
--The Nation "Fascinating... Shows how hatred of the federal government, fears of communism, and racism all combined in white-power ideology and explains why our responses to the movement have long been woefully inadequate."
--Slate "Superbly comprehensive...supplants all journalistic accounts of America's resurgent white supremacism."
--Pankaj Mishra, The Guardian
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780674237698
- ISBN-10: 0674237692
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- Publish Date: May 2019
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
- Page Count: 352
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