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The Militia Threat

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Author claims his work as a police officer inspired and gave him credibility to write an informed opinion about the militia movement. I found his book to be extremely biased, uninformed, hysterical and obviously meant to discredit all people who disagree with this government. The majority of his "supposed" facts are based on internet websites, anti-militia organizations, and personal opinions. Although the author claims throughout the book his observations are based on having attending meetings and interviewing militia members, there is not ONE documented interview cited. The author frequently (nearly every chapter)reminds the reader that anyone who is interested in a miltia is uneducated, unemployed, racist, psychologically imbalanced, and angry at the world at large. Anyone who reads this book should be compelled to investigate his sources.

I just finished reading the book and found it was an interesting take on the malitia movement .

The book calls it as the author sees it . He even tells what the mistakes that Law Enforcement made when dealing with some of the militia movement people .

This is a must read in my opinion !

I found the book The Milita Threat: Terrorists Amoung Us by Robert L. Snow to be an extremely informative look into the world of militias. Snow has a superb grasp of militia life and the type of people who are involved in this underground world. It was facinating to hear what Snows research reveiled on these groups. Snow has an uncanny ability to mix anecdotal and statistical information. I feel that this is an excellent, unbiased look at this lifestyle.

The american militia represents a diverse segment of our society. The armed citizenry. Of every race, creed, religion, sexual orientation and economic background united in thought and purpose. To preserve and defend america from the tyranny of government and her enemies both foriegn and domestic.The author, like so many others who have written on the subject advances a very narrow and negative view of this culture. Which is more a threat to freedom than their guns.

I did not like this book.I found it typical of most books that are written by cops who use self appointed experts such as the ADL and Southern Poverty Law Center as their only sources of information(hardly unbiased sources of info. on the subject).Mr.Snow also injects his own opinion into the book on several occasions(the Government is always right,only the police should own guns,blah,blah,blah)Nor does he offer any insight into why people join these groups such as Waco,Ruby Ridge and I.R.S abuses(all confirmed by Senate hearings).The reader would be better served by reading"American Extremists"by Laird Wilcon/Kerry Noble to get a more accurate account on the subject.