The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition

What gets me is how much the 1920s are too close to the 2020s. We haven’t learned much in 100 years. There is a lot of history here I never learned, and it should be taught. What the KKK did in 1923 still shapes our nation. The other reason was to continue to round out my detective novel with how it was in the 1920s and the pushback on immigration and other social issues. We can’t forget how easy it is for so many people to get behind such an organization for what they think is the right reasons because they have great propaganda machines. Still, I hope can capture the feel of the 1920s for all angels, but the in depth study of an organization of hate is equally important.

I am fairly conversant with American and European studies that address nationalistic and populist movements of the 19th and 20th Century but this book was an eye-opener. I can't but help reading this book in the light of current political realities and that is precisely one of Dr. Linda Gordon's strengths since she too is aware of the "double vision" problem. Dr. Gordon is careful to distinguish helpful and informative comparisons but also to delimit comparisons that are misleading. I recommend this be read alongside with another important study by Polish historian Joanna Michlic's Poland's Threatening Other: The Image of the Jew form 1880 to the present.

Frightening! A book for our times. I guess I shouldn't be surprised given the current political and racial/ethnic divide. But I was truly horrified at how closely the doctrine of the revived Klan of the twentieth century resembles the America First movement.

Opened my mind to what motivated the KKK to exist. The mindset was/is deeper and wider than I thought. The focus on Catholics was news to me as a recovering Catholics.

A more scholarly book than expected, but very useful for what I am digging into, i.e., the two leading founders/organizers from Alabama, and their ancestral culture and ties to earlier KKK and to "secret societies". .

Very interesting book. Unfortunately due to a printing error my copy is missing pages 81 to 112. Instead I have a duplicate of chapter 4. Amazon has agreed to ship a replacement copy.

Honestly, this book was hard for me to purchase. However, after reading this book, and understanding the viewpoint in which it was written in, it was eye opening. I learned pieces of history I never discussed in school before and is probably "why" my college professor required this book. It will definitely stir up some conversation.

Muy buen libro

Informative book shockingly real about kkk racism in the USAA must read sad but truthfulPut on book list to read

quite good historical view of the 2nd coming of the Klan in the '20's-who then proceed to destroy themselves from within because of ego and greed-in spite of fairly substantial public/political sympathy..

Leicht verständlich geschriebenes Buch, welches die Geschichte des 2. Ku klux Klans analysiert. Lieferung erfolgte im angegebenen Zeitrahmen. vielen Dank