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A Force upon the Plain: The American Militia Movement and the Politics of Hate ; With a New Foreword by the Author Paperback – January 1, 1997

by Kenneth S. Stern (Author)
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Discusses the rise of private armies, or militias, of right-wing extremists in the United States, their motivations and beliefs, and the implications for the American social order.
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  1. Print length
    304 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Univ of Oklahoma Pr
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1997
  5. Dimensions
    9.5 x 0.75 x 6 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0806129263
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0806129266
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  • rhall@tpmc-dc.com
    5.0 out of 5 stars Kenneth S. Stern
    Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 1998
    Stern's "book" is really just a joke, right?
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  • Kevin
    3.0 out of 5 stars Loses steam quickly...
    Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2000
    Kenneth Stern does an exceptional job describing the facts surrounding the Ruby Ridge and Waco incidents, and how the attitudes generated from those incidents fueled the militia movement. However, Stern quickly lost credibility in my eyes by injecting little tongue-in-cheek jabs and sarcastic remarks about militia ideology (paranoid as they may be). Opinion is expected in some research works, but Stern needs to learn the difference between academic opinion and newspaper style editorial zingers.
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  • Live Free
    1.0 out of 5 stars is writing down so many lies even legal?
    Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2006
    this book is total and utter trash. not even worth ripping out the pages and burning to keep yourself warm. Very poorly written so it is a chore to sit through the whole thing including all of the hate-filled rhetoric. I have to assume some militia guy cut him off in traffic and he got really pissed off or so it seems from reading this heap of poop.

    For all his lies about militias being angry white bigots hiding behind every bush to do every evil he seems to of forgotten about all the BLACK militiamen out there.

    And guess what. Kenneth Stern writes these books and has his hand out looking for money to protect you from these militiamen who are your brothers, fathers, friends and family. OF ALL COLORS AND RACES KENNETH STERN! GET IT?
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  • R. C. dare
    2.0 out of 5 stars biased
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2011
    A decent read. But i have to say this is a biased book. I am personally involved with the Militia Movement here in Wa state and I have to say Stern does damage the militia outlokk and image. He doesnt quite understand why people join a milita and the whole ideology behind it. Just because someone supports limited government, legaliazation of drugs and pro gun doesnt make them unamerican or domestic terrorists. True some may have been a part of a milita and done harm to the public but that is them personally not the grou pthey affiliate with. Perception is key here. This is a decent read from a certain viewpoint. none the less biased.

    please stern reevaluate what the militia is and why people join them before saying they are racists.
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  • TSullivan
    4.0 out of 5 stars Accurate view of the paranoid, radical right.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 1999
    Stern's research on the background and personal profiles of several militias and their leaders is accurate. The laughable "reviews" posted by obvious militia supporters only confirm the points that Stern brings up. Roland's review is particularly humorous in his comment that there is no connection between White supremacy groups and the militia movements - a complete joke. These groups and 'patriots' (I use that term facetiously) are the singular most dangerous element in America's society today. At their base, they are essentially a fringe of uneducated, frustrated and misguided losers - a dangerous combination of characteristics. They hide behind the veneer of Christianity and patriotism but are nothing more than domestic terrorists. Stern has it right.
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  • Lester Cousins
    1.0 out of 5 stars Could it Be Any Worse?
    Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2006
    If the facts don't fit, make up some facts! This book isn't about militias, it's about white supremecy organizations. I guess he used the word militia in the title to attract sales of this piece of garbage to bedwetters. The first chapter is about Randy Weaver (Ruby Ridge) and there's plenty of made up facts in there to get his misconceived point across. It's all down hill from there. Anyone who believes the nonsense he spews is many apples short of a full tree.
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  • Jeff M. Chambers
    2.0 out of 5 stars Okay if you want a particular slant on understanding
    Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2000
    Stern's book does in journalistic fashion detail some of the "events" that have occured recently related to this fuzzy group known as the militia. However I would agree with most other reviewers here that this work proceeds from the desire to further alienate the already alienated and offers little in the way of allowing the reader to understand this phenomena. I'd recommend Dyer's Harvest of Rage for an understanding of this issue.
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  • Mark Reynolds
    1.0 out of 5 stars Typical unsubstatiated BULL manure...
    Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2001
    I bought this book because I had heard that I was written up in it. Sure enough, there were two different places that I came up in the book. In both places I was "quoted" with no source to back up the "quote" and all the quotes were total fabrication by either the author or whomever the author used for his "source". I was NEVER the head of an un-organized or organized militia in Stevens County, and the only presentation that I did at the Colville Grange was an invocation. Apparently SOMEONE who is pretty liberal is trying to make folks in the public believe something that just is not so. And then of course there is the author who OBVIOUSLY has a bone to pick with anyone who doesn't go along with the status quo of statism and ra ra ra the government loves us retoric that is being shoved down our throats. Too bad some of the "quotes" that were attributed to me, didn't actually happen!
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