The Semantic Trickery in the 'Bring the War Home' Book Blurb
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Blurb for "Bring the War Home" by Kathleen Belew
The white power movement in America wants a revolution. It has declared all-out war against the federal government and its agents, and has carried out - with military precision - an escalating campaign of terror against the American public. Its soldiers are not lone wolves but are highly organized cadres motivated by a coherent and deeply troubling worldview of white supremacy, anticommunism, and apocalypse.
In Bring the War Home, Kathleen Belew gives us the first full history of the movement that consolidated in the 1970s and 1980s around a potent sense of betrayal in the Vietnam War and made tragic headlines in the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.
Returning to an America ripped apart by a war that, in their view, they were not allowed to win, a small but driven group of veterans, active-duty personnel, and civilian supporters concluded that waging war on their own country was justified. They unified people from a variety of militant groups, including Klansmen, neo-Nazis, skinheads, radical tax protestors, and white separatists.The white power movement operated with discipline and clarity, undertaking assassinations, mercenary soldiering, armed robbery, counterfeiting, and weapons trafficking. Its command structure gave women a prominent place in brokering intergroup alliances and giving birth to future recruits.
Belew’s disturbing history reveals how war cannot be contained in time and space. In its wake, grievances intensify and violence becomes a logical course of action for some. Bring the War Home argues for awareness of the heightened potential for paramilitarism in a present defined by ongoing war.
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Here it is again with the semantic trickery exposed:
The white power movement in America wants a revolution. [Like everything else, the white power movement presumably does want a revolution in the sense of being aware of externals to better focus itself in its environment]. It has declared all-out war against the federal government and its agents, and has carried out - with military precision - an escalating campaign of terror against the American public [Where? Who? The roudy boys or some leftist governors who defund police and whip up violence to point at as though it were a dedicated fighting force? I wonder what real specops think of the proficiency of such "military precision" as open murders over a weekend in Chicago? Is the author thinking about Oregon and Washington? Where are they?]. Its soldiers are not lone wolves but are highly organized cadres [She anticipated my last remark. Interesting.] motivated by a coherent and deeply troubling worldview of white supremacy [The hook], anticommunism [We ought to be], and apocalypse [Keyword for "Christians"].
In Bring the War Home [The title makes it sound like the author is encouraging what the book discourages ..or does it? The last sentence in the blurb doesn't discourage the concept, but underlines it, like the title does..], Kathleen Belew gives us the first full history [A history that's still being written..?] of the movement that consolidated in the 1970s and 1980s around a potent sense of betrayal in the Vietnam War [There was a deep sense of betrayal over that. Are those old-timers planning "military precision" at long last?! It seems unlikely that they are the culprits of current events.] and made tragic headlines in the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building [Is that the only outstanding anchor to present to the minds of those who desire there to be a concerted effort? It was over 25 years ago!].
Returning to an America ripped apart by a war that, in their view, they were not allowed to win [Bush?], a small but driven group of veterans, active-duty personnel, and civilian supporters concluded [This is a specific declaration. Did they meet at a time and place like Jekyll Island?] that waging war on their own country was justified [The left seems to obviously think so, as they have continuously with increasing intensity for decades. That's documentable]. They unified people from a variety of militant groups, including Klansmen, neo-Nazis, skinheads, radical tax protestors [What?! Name 100.], and white separatists. The white power movement operated [The author likes using this past-tense verb while maintaining that it's happening now and that this is history. The idea, of course, is to subtly persuade with linguistic choices that this movement, if there is one, is still a threat but basically collapsed RIGHT NOW.] with discipline and clarity, undertaking assassinations [I assume the book holds at least one example of this, but the general atmosphere is not one of a spate of assassinations in America], mercenary soldiering, armed robbery, counterfeiting, and weapons trafficking. Its command structure gave women a prominent place in brokering intergroup alliances and giving birth to future recruits [What's this about? "Women" and "Giving birth" go together in this sentence for some reason. Does it anticipate a readership that dislikes women giving birth? Even if the book mentions some woman acting as a go-between, that doesn't have the conspiratorial juice to suggest anything nefarious about it].
Belew’s disturbing history [Is it really over? Not according to the last phrase of this blurb! Then how can it be a history?] reveals how war cannot be contained in time and space [..Maybe that's how. I'm not just being snarky. I think there is semantic intentionality to blend together the opposite ideas of history and ongoing]. In its wake, grievances intensify [Right now?] and violence becomes a logical course of action for some [For the fearful readers?]. Bring the War Home argues for awareness [Calling attention to what's happening is awareness. Calling attention to what is not happening as though it is happening is fear-mongering.] of the heightened potential [FEAR] for paramilitarism [HOMEGROWN FEAR] in a present [PRESENT FEAR] defined by ongoing war [WHERE?! War is a specific condition. There was a battle 25 years ago. Somebody got shot by a person guarding Congress during the Capitol infiltration by ..lots of people with ALL their hair... Where's the battle outside the minds of the readers who like a basis for their own hatred? Communism is America's classic enemy; how can anticommunism be a negative marker to the readers of a book fearing a homegrown war against America?! It's double-mindedness].
Blurb for "Bring the War Home" by Kathleen Belew
The white power movement in America wants a revolution. It has declared all-out war against the federal government and its agents, and has carried out - with military precision - an escalating campaign of terror against the American public. Its soldiers are not lone wolves but are highly organized cadres motivated by a coherent and deeply troubling worldview of white supremacy, anticommunism, and apocalypse.
In Bring the War Home, Kathleen Belew gives us the first full history of the movement that consolidated in the 1970s and 1980s around a potent sense of betrayal in the Vietnam War and made tragic headlines in the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.
Returning to an America ripped apart by a war that, in their view, they were not allowed to win, a small but driven group of veterans, active-duty personnel, and civilian supporters concluded that waging war on their own country was justified. They unified people from a variety of militant groups, including Klansmen, neo-Nazis, skinheads, radical tax protestors, and white separatists.The white power movement operated with discipline and clarity, undertaking assassinations, mercenary soldiering, armed robbery, counterfeiting, and weapons trafficking. Its command structure gave women a prominent place in brokering intergroup alliances and giving birth to future recruits.
Belew’s disturbing history reveals how war cannot be contained in time and space. In its wake, grievances intensify and violence becomes a logical course of action for some. Bring the War Home argues for awareness of the heightened potential for paramilitarism in a present defined by ongoing war.
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Here it is again with the semantic trickery exposed:
The white power movement in America wants a revolution. [Like everything else, the white power movement presumably does want a revolution in the sense of being aware of externals to better focus itself in its environment]. It has declared all-out war against the federal government and its agents, and has carried out - with military precision - an escalating campaign of terror against the American public [Where? Who? The roudy boys or some leftist governors who defund police and whip up violence to point at as though it were a dedicated fighting force? I wonder what real specops think of the proficiency of such "military precision" as open murders over a weekend in Chicago? Is the author thinking about Oregon and Washington? Where are they?]. Its soldiers are not lone wolves but are highly organized cadres [She anticipated my last remark. Interesting.] motivated by a coherent and deeply troubling worldview of white supremacy [The hook], anticommunism [We ought to be], and apocalypse [Keyword for "Christians"].
In Bring the War Home [The title makes it sound like the author is encouraging what the book discourages ..or does it? The last sentence in the blurb doesn't discourage the concept, but underlines it, like the title does..], Kathleen Belew gives us the first full history [A history that's still being written..?] of the movement that consolidated in the 1970s and 1980s around a potent sense of betrayal in the Vietnam War [There was a deep sense of betrayal over that. Are those old-timers planning "military precision" at long last?! It seems unlikely that they are the culprits of current events.] and made tragic headlines in the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building [Is that the only outstanding anchor to present to the minds of those who desire there to be a concerted effort? It was over 25 years ago!].
Returning to an America ripped apart by a war that, in their view, they were not allowed to win [Bush?], a small but driven group of veterans, active-duty personnel, and civilian supporters concluded [This is a specific declaration. Did they meet at a time and place like Jekyll Island?] that waging war on their own country was justified [The left seems to obviously think so, as they have continuously with increasing intensity for decades. That's documentable]. They unified people from a variety of militant groups, including Klansmen, neo-Nazis, skinheads, radical tax protestors [What?! Name 100.], and white separatists. The white power movement operated [The author likes using this past-tense verb while maintaining that it's happening now and that this is history. The idea, of course, is to subtly persuade with linguistic choices that this movement, if there is one, is still a threat but basically collapsed RIGHT NOW.] with discipline and clarity, undertaking assassinations [I assume the book holds at least one example of this, but the general atmosphere is not one of a spate of assassinations in America], mercenary soldiering, armed robbery, counterfeiting, and weapons trafficking. Its command structure gave women a prominent place in brokering intergroup alliances and giving birth to future recruits [What's this about? "Women" and "Giving birth" go together in this sentence for some reason. Does it anticipate a readership that dislikes women giving birth? Even if the book mentions some woman acting as a go-between, that doesn't have the conspiratorial juice to suggest anything nefarious about it].
Belew’s disturbing history [Is it really over? Not according to the last phrase of this blurb! Then how can it be a history?] reveals how war cannot be contained in time and space [..Maybe that's how. I'm not just being snarky. I think there is semantic intentionality to blend together the opposite ideas of history and ongoing]. In its wake, grievances intensify [Right now?] and violence becomes a logical course of action for some [For the fearful readers?]. Bring the War Home argues for awareness [Calling attention to what's happening is awareness. Calling attention to what is not happening as though it is happening is fear-mongering.] of the heightened potential [FEAR] for paramilitarism [HOMEGROWN FEAR] in a present [PRESENT FEAR] defined by ongoing war [WHERE?! War is a specific condition. There was a battle 25 years ago. Somebody got shot by a person guarding Congress during the Capitol infiltration by ..lots of people with ALL their hair... Where's the battle outside the minds of the readers who like a basis for their own hatred? Communism is America's classic enemy; how can anticommunism be a negative marker to the readers of a book fearing a homegrown war against America?! It's double-mindedness].
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