New from Columbia University Press:
American Zealots: Inside Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism by
Arie Perliger.
About the book, from the publisher:
In
an unsettling time in American history, the outbreak of right-wing
violence is among the most disturbing developments. In recent years,
attacks originating from the far right of American politics have
targeted religious and ethnic minorities, with a series of
antigovernment militants, religious extremists, and lone-wolf mass
shooters inspired by right-wing ideologies. The need to understand the
nature and danger of far-right violence is greater than ever.
In American Zealots, Arie Perliger provides a wide-ranging and
rigorously researched overview of right-wing domestic terrorism. He
analyzes its historical roots, characteristics, tactics, rhetoric, and
organization, assessing the current and future trajectory of the use of
violence by the far right. Perliger draws on a comprehensive dataset of
more than 5,000 attacks and their perpetrators from 1990 through 2017 in
order to explore key trends in American right-wing terrorism. He
describes the entire ideological spectrum of the American far right,
including today’s white supremacists, antigovernment groups, and
antiabortion fundamentalists, as well as the histories of the KKK,
skinheads, and neo-Nazis. Based on these findings, Perliger suggests
counterterrorism policies that can respond effectively to the far-right
threat. A groundbreaking examination of violence spawned from right-wing
ideologies, American Zealots is essential reading for everyone seeking to understand the transformation of domestic terrorism.
--Marshal Zeringue
About the book, from the publisher: