{"product_id":"bring-the-war-home-the-white-power-movement-and-paramilitary-america-9780674237698","title":"Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gripping study of white power...Explosive.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Helps explain how we got to today's alt-right.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Terry Gross, \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe white power movement in America wants a revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReturning 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, \u003ci\u003eBring the War Home\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of American paramilitarism and the birth of the alt-right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Superbly comprehensive...supplants all journalistic accounts of America's resurgent white supremacism.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Pankaj Mishra, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBelew, Kathleen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kathleen Belew spent ten years researching and writing \u003ci\u003eBring the War Home\u003c\/i\u003e, examining previously classified FBI files and vivid personal testimonies and letters. She is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Chicago and has appeared on \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWeekend Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, and CBS News. Her work featured prominently in the PBS \u003ci\u003eFrontline\u003c\/i\u003e documentary \"Documenting Hate: New American Nazis.\"","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610125111570,"sku":"9780674237698","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fa2b0f04-334b-4320-8ca7-e4a9ba068980.jpg?v=1744223783","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bring-the-war-home-the-white-power-movement-and-paramilitary-america-9780674237698","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}