Hateland : a long, hard look at America's extremist heart / Daryl Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Daryl, 1969- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domestic terrorism.

Radicalism.

United States.

Radicalism--United States.

Domestic terrorism--United States.

Political violence--United States.

Political violence.

Political culture--United States.

Political culture.

Physical Description:

288 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2019.

Summary:

"A chilling overview of the current threat from domestic terrorism by a former Department of Homeland Security analyst America is a land in which extremism no longer belongs to the country's shadowy fringes, but comfortably exists in the national mainstream. That is the alarming conclusion by intelligence analyst Daryl Johnson, an expert on domestic extremism with more than twenty-five years of experience tracking radicalized groups for the U.S Government. In this book, Johnson dissects the rapidly expanding forms of American hatred and radicalization, including white nationalists, anti-government militias, antifascists (Antifa), militant black nationalists, and extremist Islamic groups. The author develops a concise model that explains how extremists on both the far right and the far left use the same techniques to recruit and radicalize individuals into violent offenders. He also examines the political forces that fuel this threat and have kept the US government from properly identifying and developing countermeasures to deal with it, including a disproportional emphasis on Islamic terrorism. The author concludes by recounting individual stories of deradicalization, each of which was the result of personal reevaluations of formerly held extremist convictions. He recommends more resources at the state and federal levels for combatting radical movements. He also urges greater communication and coordination between law enforcement agencies. This in-depth analysis of a growing menace that has taken America hostage by a leading expert throws a stark light on the darkest segments of American society and provides practical means for dealing with their violent threats"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I What is Extremism?

Chapter 1 We Want the Broken Toys p. 15

Chapter 2 A Radical Echo, Ignored p. 27

Part II The Air Hate Breathes

Chapter 3 The Greatest Thing to Ever Happen to Hate p. 47

Chapter 4 The Social Networks Negative Mirror p. 59

Chapter 5 4chan and the Rise of Anti-Social Media p. 73

Chapter 6 Attention Hijacking p. 87

Chapter 7 Deadly Fictions p. 99

Chapter 8 False Flags and the End of Facts p. 109

Part III Return of the Repressed

Chapter 9 Panthers, Patriots, Police, and Sovereigns p. 121

Chapter 10 Oath Keepers, Three Percenters, and Strange Bedfellows p. 135

Chapter 11 The Trayvon Effect p. 149

Chapter 12 "A Free-for-All Armageddon" p. 157

Chapter 13 White Love p. 165

Chapter 14 Mainstream-ism p. 175

Part IV Uncivil War

Chapter 15 The Troll King p. 187

Chapter 16 Anti-All p. 197

Chapter 17 The State of the Union p. 205

Chapter 18 Know Thy Enemy p. 213

Chapter 19 Love Thy Neighbor p. 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Johnson, Daryl, 1969- author. Hateland

ISBN:

9781633885165

163388516X

OCLC:

1088601426