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American Extremism: History, Politics and the Militia Movement

by D.J. Mulloy

reprint. Routledge. (Studies in Extremism & Democracy). 2008. 248p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780415483803. pap. $49.95.

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Mulloy does the best job of concretely defining the militia movement's historical, political, and ideological underpinnings. He underscores the centrality of themes such as the resistance from tyranny and the mythic American West and how they are articulated in vigilantism and the fight for Second Amendment rights. Invaluable.

Reviewed by Rob Walsh , May 01, 2013

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