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Article: A Force Upon the Plains: The American Militia Movement and the Politics of Hate
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- Journal of Political and Military Sociology
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- July 1, 1999
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CopyrightCopyright Dr. George Kourvetaris Summer 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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A Force Upon the Plains: The American Militia Movement and the Politics of Hate, by Kenneth S. Stern. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996, 1997.
The good news is that the militia movement in America will not overthrow the government of the United States anytime soon. This collection of paranoids, racists, and wackos might even be considered silly. Fears about black helicopters and the eye on the U.S. dollar bill indicate people whose grasp of reality is not particularly keen.
The grieving families of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing, however, give notice that the militia movement is of serious concern. The death toll from that disaster is evidence of truly ...