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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- Year Published:
- 2019
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780674237698
- Number of Pages:
- 352
- Publication Date:
- 07/05/2019
- Publisher:
- Harvard University Press
- Authors:
- Belew, Kathleen
- Illustrations Note:
- 11 photos
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass
- SKU:
- 9780674237698