Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America

Why, prior to Belew, has there been a reluctance to treat white power as a social movement? What is such a designation controversial?

Why did the Vietnam War play such a pivotal role in the resurgence of the white power movement? How was it similar to, and different from, previous periods of war and radicalization?

What are some of the significant differences among various white power factions, and how were they able to resolve those differences in the period Belew covers?

How did the experiences and narratives of Vietnam feed into the white power movement’s proxy wars in Central America?

Why did the white power movement shift from vigilante violence in defense of the United States to explicit war against it?

What role did women play in the development of the white power movement? How did they both adhere to and defy their prescribed roles as wives and mothers?

How did Ruby Ridge and Waco galvanize the white power movement? Why did those events produce so much overlap between the movement’s grievances and mainstream opinion?

Why did the government and media insist on treating Timothy McVeigh as a lone actor, considering he had all the markers of a white power activist?