Patrolling the Homeland: Volunteer Border Militias and the Power of Moral Assemblages

by John Parsons

Book Overview

Patrolling the Homeland explores the tension surrounding the militarization of national borders through the perspective of US militia volunteers. Amidst a humanitarian crisis in which more than 7,800 people have lost their lives attempting to cross the border, US militias patrol the deserts along the Mexican border in camouflage, armed with assault rifles and night-vision goggles to "protect" the US. How and why US border militias conduct their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032418087
• ISBN13: 9781032418087
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"