Rage on the Right: The American Militia Movement from Ruby Ridge to the Trump Presidency

by Lane Crothers

Rage on the Right examines the rise, fall, and reemergence of the militia/alt-right movement from the 1990s through 2018. Using the lenses of history, culture, ideology, and social movement theory Crothers explores the diverse ways contemporary right-wing social movements have used American social and economic context to build themselves into a potent force in American political life. Just as the 1990s militia movement drew life from deeply embedded values and myths central to American political culture and political history, so, too, do the contemporary militia and alt-right movements. Right-wing social movements are as American as apple pieand must be understood as a core and enduring component of American political life.



Ideal for undergraduate courses on social movements, political violence, and contemporary political history, this text explores the cultural rootedness of the militia and alt-right in America while also understanding the ways contemporary politics build on historical legacies to promote right wing populism in the United States.





Highlights

Traces the evolution of the militia and alt-right movements in the United States since the 1990sSituates right-wing populism in its cultural and ideological position in American politicsExamines interaction of key events in the history of the militia and alt-right movements in the US with actions of entrepreneurial movement leaders and supporters in government and societyLinks the rise of the Donald Trump as candidate and president to the (re)emergence of the militia and the alt-right in the United States

204 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 8, 2019

Reviews

[Kay Vanantwerpen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of the most essential reading if you want to understand how the American right wing went from neo-nazis on the fringe to neo-nazis in wearing suits and ties in the political mainstream. Focused more on the historical through line than the creation of the alt right (which is understandable considering the alt right was a relatively new iteration of white nationalism at the writing of this book)