Irregular Army: How the US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, and Criminals to Fight the War on Terror
By
Matt Kennard
Price : £16.99 & postage in UK £2.80 (or free collection)
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Published Date :
10 Sep 2012
Published By
Verso Books
ISBN : 9781844678808
Category : North America
Format : Hardback
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Since the launch of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars - now the longest wars in American history - the US military has struggled to recruit troops. It has responded, as Matt Kennard's explosive investigative report makes clear, by opening its doors to neo-Nazis, white supremacists, gang members, the mentally ill, and criminals. Based on years of first-hand research, Irregular Army includes extensive interviews with extremist veterans and leaders of far-right hate groups who spoke openly of their eagerness to have their followers acquire military training for a coming domestic race war. As a report commissioned by the Department of Defense itself put it, 'Effectively, the military has a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy pertaining to extremism.'