The Party Of Fear: The American Far Right from Nativism to the Militia Movement
In this most comprehensive of works covering right-wing movements in the United States since colonial times, Bennett (history, Syracuse) argues that members earnestly sought to defend the country from alien peoples and ideas viewed as a threat to the cherished American way of life. Bennett demonstrates that the perceived danger shifted after the 1919 Bolshevik revolution and the U.S. immigration restrictions in the 1920s from a fear of aliens themselves to fear of such alien ideologies as communism. Although this work is scholarly, illustrations would have enhanced it. Still, it is highly recommended for academic and larger public libraries. Steven D. Zink, Univ. of Nevada Lib., RenoCopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.