Leonard Zeskind, "Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalism Movement..." (2009)

Zeskind has written an eminently readable, well-researched, fair-handed assessment of the organizational and philosophic history of US white nationalism. My only complaint is that his writing, particularly his use of simile and metaphor, is occasionally overwrought. This small fault is a minor concern compared to Zeskind's smooth, clear, insightful tracking of individuals, money and power within this movement between the 1960s and the 2000s. In particular, the connections the author observes between the white nationalism movement in its most extreme incarnations (such as White Aryan Resistance, or the militia movement) and its less extreme incarnations [or those which disguise their ideology behind more vague names] (such as the Institute for Historical Review, or the Populist Party), and finally, how the tentacles of the movement extend in the Republican Party, is fascinating. A very good read, and much better, in my estimation, than George Michaels' "Theology of Hate".