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With the increasing number of arrests after the #CapitolRiots January 6 involving active or former military personnel, there is heightened interest in the overlap between the extreme right and the military. Here are some key reading suggestions if you need to get up to speed.
This very recent piece by . @APerliger in . @ConversationUS is one of the latest and best summaries of the issue. Start your background reading with this one.
https://bit.ly/2M4xgYO
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In 2019 our Director Daniel Koehler wrote a policy paper for . @ICCT_TheHague digging into extreme right's history of infiltrating the militaries in Germany, UK, US, and Canada. Also gives specific recommendations on how to tackle the problem from within. https://bit.ly/2XWIMrH
The book "Bring the War Home" from . @kathleen_belew is the most extensive treatment of the historical genesis of extreme right links with the military in the US especially after the Vietnam War. Absolutely essential reading! https://bit.ly/3sFYN3q
Germany's military is the only one in the world with an intelligence service specifically tasked with rooting out extremism in its ranks. It is also the only one providing detailed statistics about the issue. Here is the latest (and 1st) annual report. https://bit.ly/2KuUoz2
This piece by Daniel Jones (. @narson) is one of the best out there with a focus on UK military. https://bit.ly/2LGz5eI
Then there is this 2013 article in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism: "Military Experience, Identity Discrepancies, and Far Right Terrorism: An Exploratory Analysis" by Pete Simi, Bryan F. Bubolz & Ann Hardman. Also essential theoretical groundwork. https://bit.ly/3sK0AEw
It is not much but the best head start you can get. Also, we have a piece in the pipeline about vulnerability factors for military personnel to radicalize into extremism together with . @HHaugstvedt. Hopefully will be out soon. Will update this thread.
