Blood and politics
Subtitle: the history of the white nationalist movement from the margins to the mainstream
By: Leonard Zeskind.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Farrar Straus Giroux
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 645
ISBN-13: 9780374109035
Subjects: White supremacy movements -- United States -- History; Nationalism -- United States -- History; Whites -- Race identity -- United States; Whites -- United States -- Politics and government; Racism -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations; United States -- Ethnic relations; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: "More than fifteen years in the making, Blood and Politics is the most comprehensive history to date of the white supremacist movement as it has evolved over the past three-plus decades."-inside jacket.

More than fifteen years in the making, Blood and Politics is the most comprehensive history to date of the white supremacist movement as it has evolved over the past three-plus decades. Leonard Zeskind draws heavily upon court documents, racist publications, and first-person reports, along with his own personal observations. An internationally recognized expert on the subject who received a MacArthur Fellowship for his work, Zeskind ties together seemingly disparate strands from neo-Nazi skinheads, to Holocaust deniers, to Christian Identity churches, to David Duke, to the militia and beyond. Among these elements, two political strategies, mainstreaming and vanguardism, vie for dominance. Mainstreamers believe that a majority of white Christians will eventually support their cause. Vanguardists build small organizations made up of a highly dedicated cadre and plan a naked seizure of power. Zeskind shows how these factions have evolved into a normative social movement that looks like a demographic slice of white America, mostly blue-collar and working middle class, with lawyers and Ph.D.s among its leaders. When the Cold War ended, traditional conservatives helped birth a new white nationalism, most evident now among anti-immigrant organizations. With the dawn of a new millennium, they are fixated on predictions that white people will lose their majority status and become one minority among many. The book concludes with a look to the future, elucidating the growing threat these groups will pose to coming generations. -- Publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.