| 词条 | Nazis, Communists, Klansmen, and Others on the Fringe |
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Nazis, Communists, Klansmen, and Others on the Fringe: Political Extremism in America is a 1992 book by John George and Laird Wilcox. It is an examination of political extremism of both the far left and far right in the United States. The authors attempt to summarize the pre-1960 historical background of American extremist movements, discuss conspiracy theories and their validity, offer their insight on what motivates extremists, and discuss a number of contemporary groups on the "far left" and "far right" based principally on their personal contacts with approximately six hundred individual extremists and the extremists' own writings. It was published by Prometheus Books (Buffalo, New York) in 1992 as a 523-page hardcover ({{ISBN|0-87975-680-2}}). In 1996, Prometheus Books (Amherst, New York) republished it as American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists and Others in a 443-page paperback ({{ISBN|1-57392-058-4}}). OverviewThe authors give the history of their personal interest in political extremism. Recognizing their fallibility, and inability to claim "anything approaching complete objectivity", the authors attempted to "make an honest and diligent attempt to be fair and even-handed in our treatment of this subject." Distinguishing this book from the many covering "extremism" or "extremists" on the market (with their own agenda "to provide a rationale for persecuting or doing away with certain 'extremists'"), the authors' goal was "to provide understanding of a human problem, not a basis for one more round of persecutions." The authors propose a definition of "extremism" based on "the behavioral model" ("defined in terms of certain behaviors, particularly behavior toward other human beings"), passing up the "normative or "statistical" way" (framing the spectrum on a linear scale, a "bell curve") and the "popularity contest" theory ("social definition agreed upon by collective fiat"). The authors describe their position on the political spectrum as "a bit difficult to pin down"; they "might be most accurately described as pragmatists with libertarian tendencies." Organization
Chapter 1. It's Not New: Historical Perspective on American Extremism Prior to 1960 Chapter 2. What Is Extremism? Style and Tactics Matter More Than Goals Chapter 3. Extremists and the Constitution Chapter 4. Motivations: Why They Join, Stay, Leave
Chapter 5. Communist Party USA Chapter 6. Socialist Workers Party Chapter 7. Spartacist League Chapter 8. Workers League Chapter 9. The Guardian Chapter 10. Black Panther Party Chapter 11. Students for a Democratic Society Chapter 12. Progressive Labor Party Chapter 13. Workers World Party Chapter 14. Communist Party USA (Marxist–Leninist) Chapter 15. Revolutionary Action Movement Chapter 16. Revolutionary Communist Party Chapter 17. Communist Workers Party Chapter 18. All-African People's Revolutionary Party Chapter 19. Marxist–Leninist Party, USA
Chapter 20. Reverend Billy James Hargis and his Christian Crusade Chapter 21. The John Birch Society: A Plot to Sell Books? Chapter 22. The Dan Smoot Report Chapter 23. "Life Line" Chapter 24. The Church League of America Chapter 25. The Christian Right Chapter 26. Willis Carto and Liberty Lobby Chapter 27. The Citizens' Councils of America and The Councilor Chapter 28. Robert Bolivar DePugh and the Minutemen Chapter 29. Common Sense Chapter 30. Gerald L. K. Smith and Christian Nationalist Crusade Chapter 31. The LaRouche Network Chapter 32. Jewish Defense League Chapter 33. The Nation of Islam Chapter 34. Assorted Neo-Nazis
Chapter 35. The National States' Rights Party Chapter 36. National Christian Publishers Chapter 37. Ku Klux Klans
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