The Terrorist Next Door: The Militia Movement and the Radical Right Book

September 11, 2001 focused Americas attention on the terrorist threat from abroad, but as the World Trade Center towers collapsed, domestic right-wing hate groups were celebrating.The Terrorist Next Door takes readers inside the Posse Comitatus and other groups that comprise the paramilitary right. It tells the story of men like William Potter Gale, a retired Army officer whose hate-filled sermons and calls for armed insurrection have fueled generations of militiamen and other anti-government zealots since the 1960s.Written by a national expert on the origins and activities of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups, The Terrorist Next Door is extensively researched and includes rich detail taken from documents from the FBI, private archives, and confidential sources never before disclosed. n detailing these and other developments, Levitas provides a compelling factual narrative while also arguing that the danger posed by the radical right as a social movement goes far beyond the criminality and violence common among its organizers and adherents.Read More