RT Book
T1 American zealots: inside right-wing domestic terrorism
T2 Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare
A1 Perliger, Arie
LA English
PP New York
PB Columbia University Press
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1688615393
AB "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 between 1990 and 2018 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"--
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 193-205. - Index: Seite 207-217
CN HV6432
SN 9780231167116
SN 9780231167109
K1 Domestic terrorism : United States
K1 Terrorism : Political aspects : United States
K1 Right and left (Political science) : United States
K1 USA : Rechtsradikalismus : Terrorismus