Nostalgia Nationalism and the US Militia Movement

<p><a>NPR''s Andrew Limbong talks to Amy Cooter of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies about how realistic an idea of a second civil war is</a></p><p><i>Nostalgia, Nationalism, and the US Militia Movement</i> is an accessible primer on the contemporary US militia movement. Exploring the complicated history of militias in the United States, starting with the Revolutionary War period, this book leverages unique data from ethnographic fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and previously unseen archival materials from militia founder Norm Olson to detail the modern movement¿s origin and trajectory through the attempted insurrection of January 6th and beyond.</p><p>This book uses the lenses of nostalgia and settler colonialism to explain militia members¿ actions and beliefs, including their understandings of both nationalism and masculinity. Th