Bring the War Home : The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America Paperback / softback
by Kathleen Belew
Paperback / softback
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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 AirThe 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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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, 11 photos
- Publisher:Harvard University Press
- Publication Date:07/05/2019
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- ISBN:9780674237698
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, 11 photos
- Publisher:Harvard University Press
- Publication Date:07/05/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780674237698