Everything You Love Will Burn

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Everything You Love Will Burn
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AuthorVegas Tenold
Publisher Bold Type Books
Publication date
2018

Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the Rebirth of White Nationalism in America is a 2018 book by Vegas Tenold. [1]

Contents

Background

Tenold spent six years researching and interacting with right-wing groups in the United States. [2] Tenold finished writing the book right before the 2016 presidential election. [3] The book discusses American Neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, and white power skinheads. [4] Tenold explores the connections between white nationalists in the United States and Russia. [5] According to the Hartford Courant , the book documents how white supremacist violence is increasing in the United States. [6]

Reception

Stephanie Jones-Byrne wrote in Asheville Citizen-Times that the book "provides a useful primer on the history, ebb and flow of white nationalism in the United States." [7] Shaila Dewan wrote in The New York Times that "While the book provides plenty of color, it lacks much insight." [8] Kirkus Reviews called the book a "well-reported if dispiriting chronicle." [9] [10]

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