Nazis, communists, klansmen, and others on the fringe : political extremism in America / John George & Laird Wilcox.

Author/creator George, John, 1936-
Other author Wilcox, Laird M.
Format Book
Publication InfoBuffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1992.
Description523 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Political clubs--United States.
Political parties--United States.
Radicalism--United States.
Right and left (Political science)

Contents It's not new : historical perspective on American extremism prior to 1960 -- What is extremism? : style and tactics matter more than goals -- Extremists and the Constitution -- Motivations : why they join, stay, leave -- Communist Party USA -- Socialist Workers Party -- Spartacist League -- Workers League -- Guardian -- Black Panther Party -- Students for a Democratic Society -- Progressive Labor Party -- Workers World Party -- Communist Party USA (Marxist-Leninist) -- Revolutionary Action Movement -- Revolutionary Communist Party -- Communist Workers Party -- All African People's Revolutionary Party -- Marxist-Leninist Party, USA -- Reverend Billy James Hargis and his Christian Crusade -- The John Birch Society : a plot to sell books? -- The Dan Smoot Report -- "Life line" -- The Church League of America -- The Christian Right -- Willis Carto and Liberty Lobby -- The Citizens' Councils of America and The councilor -- Robert Bolivar DePugh and the Minutemen -- Common sense -- Gerald L.K. Smith and Christian Nationalist Crusade -- The LaRouche network -- Jewish Defense League --
Contents The Nation of Islam -- Assorted neo-Nazis -- The National States Rights Party -- National Christian Publishers -- Ku Klux Klans.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 457-504) and index.
LCCN 91027485
ISBN0879756802 (alk. paper) :

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HS2325.G46 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold