Domestic Terrorism
(see also Ku Klux Klan, Anti-Abortion Movement, Homeland Security, White Racism, Military Life & Values, Right-Wing Radio)
On the Web: Specialized Sites
The National Alliance, neo-Nazi site
Are Right Wing Hate Groups Behind Anthrax Terror? Anthony York (11/22/01). Government in pursuit of Muslim terrorists, overlooks home-grown variety.
In Utah, Government Hater Sells Germ-Warfare Book. Paul Zielbauer& W.J. Broad, NY Times (11/19/01). Profiles proponents of biological warfare against US government.
Holding
Terrorists Accountable? Depends on the Color & the Cause. Tim Wise, Z Mag (11/14/01).
Neo-Nazi William Pierce explicitly advocated Timothy McVeigh's terrorist act & gave him blueprint for it. Why is he still at liberty?
Domestic Terrorists' Capabilities Fall Short of Their Rhetoric. Jim Nesbitt, (9/28/01). Lists terrorist acts by still-active right wing US groups.
Many Right
Wing Racial Extremists Applaud Sept. 11 Attacks. Jim Nesbitt, (9/26/01). Hate monger congratulates 9/11 attackers on web page, in mid-attack.
US Govt Interagency
Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan, FBI (1/ 01).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (US Dept. of the Treasury).
National Security Archive.
In the Library: Articles.
Vidal, Gore. "The meaning of Timothy McVeigh," Vanity Fair (9/01).
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books:
Abanes, Richard. American Militias: Rebellion, Racism & Religion (Downers Grove IL: InterVarsity, 1996).
Barkun, Michael. Religion & the Racist Right. The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement (rev. ed. Chapel Hill: U. North Carolina, 1997).
Björgo, Tore (ed.) Terrorism from the Extreme Right (London: Frank Cass, 1995).
Blee, Kathleen M. Inside Organized Racism. Women in the Hate Movement (Berkeley: U. California, 2002).
Dyer, Joel. Harvest of Rage. Why Oklahoma City is Only the Beginning (Boulder: Westview, 1997). Connects rural American dissidence usefully to systematic destruction of small farms by agro-conglomerates & banks.
Gibson, James W. Warrior Dreams. Paramilitary Culture in Post-Vietnam America (NY: Hill & Wang, 1994).
Hamm, Mark S. American Skinheads: The Criminology & Control of Hate Crime (Westport CT: Praeger, 1993).
__________ (ed.) Hate Crime: International Perspectives on Causes & Control (Cincinnati OH: Anderson, 1994).
__________. Apocalypse in Oklahoma: Waco & Ruby Ridge Revenged (Boston: Northeastern U, 1997).
__________. In Bad Company. America’s Terrorist Underground (Boston:
Northeastern U, 2001).
Hoffman, David. The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror
(Venice CA: Feral House, 1998). Most thorough account of the event itself.
Jenkins, Philip. Hoods & Shirts. The Extreme Right in Pennsylvania, 1925-1950 (Chapel Hill: U. North Carolina, 1997).
Jones, Stephen & Peter Israel. Others Unknown: The Oklahoma City Bombing Case & Conspiracy (NY: Public Affairs, 1998). One author was McVeigh's defense attorney.
Kramer, Jane. The Lone Patriot. The Short Career of an American Militiaman (NY: Pantheon, 2002). Story of John Pitner, leader of Washington State Militia.
Lamy, Philip. Millennium Rage. Survivalists, White Supremacists, & the Doomsday Prophecy (NY: Plenum, 1996).
Langer, Elinor. A Hundred Little Hitlers: The Death of a Black Man, the Trial of a White Racist, & the Tise of the New-Nazi Movement in America (Metropolitan Books, 2003).
Lee, Martin A. The Beast Reawakens (Boston: Little, Brown, 1997).
Linenthal, Edward T. The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory (NY: Oxford, 2003.
Michel, Lou & Dan Herbeck. American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the Oklahoma City Bombing (NY: Regan, 2001).
Parfrey, Adam (ed.) Apocalypse Culture [1987] (rev. ed. Portland OR: Feral House, 1990).
__________. Cult Rapture (Portland OR: Feral House, 1995).
Ridgway, James. Blood in the Face: The Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Nazi Skinheads & the Rise of a New White Culture [1990] (rev. ed.; NY: Thunder's Mouth, 1995).
Serrano, Richard A. One of Ours: Timothy McVeigh & the Oklahoma City Bombing (NY: Norton, 1998). Good for biographical information & insight into his motivations.
Singular, Stephen. The Uncivil War: The Rise of Hate, Violence, & Terrorism in America (Beverly Hills CA: New Millennium, 2001).
Vidal, Gore. Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace (NY: Nation Books, 2002).
In the Library: Fiction
Macdonald, Andrew [pseud.] The Turner Diaries (NY: Barricade, 1996). Durable White supremicist tract & terrorist manual from 70s, presented in novel form & often reprinted, urging all-out armed struggle against "the System."
Palacek, Mike. KGB (NY?: Ingram, Baker & Taylor, 2002?).
In the Library: For Young Readers
Gilbert, Barbara Snow. Paper Trail (Asheville NC: Front Street, 2000).
CD & Audio
"Domestic Terrorism" [1995], by Channel Four, 52m. From Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
"Four Little Girls," dir. Spike Lee. On the children killed in bombing of Baptist church in Birmingham on 9/15/63.
"Waco: Rules of Engagement" [1997], dir. William Gazecki, 136m. From Fifth Estate Productions.