About the Book: Alt America The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump
Just as Donald Trumps victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked liberal
Americans, the seemingly sudden national prominence of white supremacists,
xenophobes, militia leaders, and mysterious "Alt-Right" leaders mystifies many.
But the extreme Right has been growing steadily in the US since the 1990s, with
the rise of patriot militias. Following 9/11, conspiracy theorists found fresh
life; and in virulent reaction to the first black president of the country,
militant racists have come out of the woodwork. Nurtured by a powerful
right-wing media sector in radio, TV, and online,