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The Panthers and the militias : brothers under the skin / John A. Wood
Bib ID 1651595
Format BookBook
Author
Wood, John A., 1938-
 
Description Lanham : University Press of America, 2002 
p. cm. 
ISBN 0761822488 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
Full contents
  • I. Similarities
  • the threat of violence as an adaptive mechanism
  • arming for self-defense
  • the rhetoric of violence as a way of affirming manhood
  • hatred directed toward representatives of the government, not the general citizenry
  • rejection of non-violent means
  • reaction to a breakup of family values and a loss of community
  • the "revolution of rising expectations"
  • the presence of paranoia
  • II. Differences
 
Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects Black Panther Party.  |  Militia movements - United States.  |  Black militant organizations - United States.  |  Government, Resistance to - United States.  |  Political violence - United States.
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