Verso Books
Hardcover
From the publisher website:
Since the launch of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars - now the longest wars in American history - the U.S. 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, criminals of all stripes, the overweight, and the mentally ill. Based on several years of reporting, 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 put it, "Effectively, the military has a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy concerning extremism."
Irregular Army connects some of the War on Terror's worst crimes to this opening-up of the U.S. military. With millions of veterans now back in the U.S. and domestic extremism on the rise, Kennard's book is a stark warning about potential dangers facing Americans - from their own soldiers.
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