Vietnam and the Rise of White Power: New at Reason

America’s defeat in Vietnam produced a surge of men who felt betrayed by the federal government and who feared communism’s spread to the United States. Further incensed by government scandals, economic struggles, and a changing cultural landscape in the wake of the civil rights movement’s successes, some of these men sought to regain control through white power organizations.

So argues Kathleen Belew, a historian at the University of Chicago, in Bring the War Home, an engaging account of how and why the modern white power movement emerged from 1975 to 1995. Find Amy Cooter reviews the book in the latest issue of Reason.

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