Bring the War Home
| Author | Kathleen Belew |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Publication date | 2018 |
Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America is a book written by Kathleen Belew.
Background
[edit ]Kathleen Belew is an American tenured associate professor of history at Northwestern University, and an international authority on the white-power movement.[1] [2] Belew argues in the book that the modern white power movement emerged from the loss of the Vietnam War.[3] The book discusses the Oklahoma City bombing, Ruby Ridge, the Waco siege [4] and the Greensboro massacre.[5] Belew points out that it was during the conservative presidency of Ronald Reagan that the white power movement began to truly coalesce.[6] She also observes that Louis Beam was one of the earliest proponents of white power and the concept of a leaderless resistance.[7] The book rejects the idea that white supremacist violence is only done by lone wolves.[8] Although the book was written before the Unite the Right rally,[9] it provides a history of the movements that lead to the rally.[10] [11] Belew traces William Luther Pierce and his 1978 novel The Turner Diaries to the rise of white supremacists.[12] Chapter seven presents evidence to support the involvement of women in white supremacist groups like the Aryan Nations.[13] The book also discusses the history of the Ku Klux Klan.[14]
Reception
[edit ]Anna J. Clutterbuck-Cook wrote in Library Journal that "this necessary work reminds readers that white violence—on behalf of, and against, the state—has a long and deep history."[4] Patrick Blanchfield wrote in The Nation that the book is "Meticulously researched and powerfully argued."[15] Amy Cooter criticized the book in Reason for characterizing the militia movement as an outgrowth of the white power movement.[16] The book was included in The Guardian 's list of the best books of 2018.[17]
References
[edit ]- ^ Muñoz Martinez, Monica (April 19, 2019), "Kathleen Belew on the Rise of "White Power"", Public Books, archived from the original on September 20, 2019, retrieved October 6, 2019
- ^ Williams, Keira (June 5, 2018). "'Bring the War Home' Digs Into the Trenches of the White Power Movement in America: Historian Kathleen Belew Painstakingly Details the Influence of the Vietnam Wartime Experience on the Evolution of White Power Ideology". PopMatters . PopMatters Media. OCLC 1122752384. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ Smith, Ryan (June 30, 2018). ""Bring the War Home": A Timely Investigation of the White Power Movement". Truthout . OCLC 62859345. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ a b Clutterbuck-Cook, Anna J. (April 1, 2018). "Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America by Kathleen Belew". Library Journal . Media Source Inc. ISSN 0363-0277. OCLC 818916619. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ Onion, Rebecca (April 11, 2018). "Our Failure to Understand White Power as a Broader Social Movement Has Prevented Us From Fighting It". Slate Magazine . The Slate Group. ISSN 1091-2339. OCLC 728292344. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Steve (October 30, 2020). "Exposing the 'Disguise': UChicago Historian Kathleen Belew Spotlights the Rising White Power Movement". Chicago Tribune . Tribune Publishing. ISSN 2165-171X. OCLC 7960243. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America by Kathleen Belew". Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. April 30, 2018. ISSN 0000-0019. OCLC 2489456. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ "Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America by Kathleen Belew". Kirkus Reviews . Kirkus Media LLC. January 9, 2018. ISSN 1948-7428. OCLC 1052699941. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ Hemmer, Nicole (July 6, 2018). "Where Did the Radical Right Come From?". The New York Times . The New York Times Company. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ Cunningham, David (August 7, 2020). "The Maniacal Persistence of White Power Armies in the United States: A Recent Book Considers the Impact of War and the Durability of Racist Right-Wing Terror". Common Reader. Washington University in St. Louis. Archived from the original on July 2, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ Gross, Terry (April 25, 2018). "How America's White Power Movement Coalesced After The Vietnam War". Fresh Air . NPR. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ Darda, Joseph (April 9, 2018). "The Surprising Roots of Recent White Extremism". Los Angeles Review of Books . OCLC 904358349. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ Guan, Frank (April 1, 2018). "White Lies: A History of Racist Terrorism in the US". Bookforum . Artforum. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ Gardiner, Steven (April 11, 2018). "White Revolution and the Legacy of the Vietnam War". Political Research Associates . Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ Blanchfield, Patrick (June 20, 2018). "Declaration of War: The Violent Rise of White Supremacy After Vietnam". The Nation . Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ Cooter, Amy (September 6, 2018). "Vietnam and the Rise of White Power". Reason . Reason Foundation. OCLC 818916200. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ Mishra, Pankaj (December 3, 2018). "Best Books of 2018: Hilary Mantel, Yuval Noah Harari and More Pick Their Favourites—Our Favourite Authors on the Most Outstanding Books They Read This Year". The Guardian . Guardian Media Group. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.