Evolution of the militia movement in America. Part I, The Minutemen, 1963-1969.
The Minutemen was a militant anti-Communist organization formed in the early 1960s. The founder and head of the right-wing group was Robert Bolivar DePugh, a veterinary medicine entrepreneur from Norborne, Missouri. The Minutemen believed that Communism would soon take over all of America. The group...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Farmington Hills, Mich. :
Gale, a part of Cengage Learning,
2011.
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| Series: | Archives unbound.
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| Summary: | The Minutemen was a militant anti-Communist organization formed in the early 1960s. The founder and head of the right-wing group was Robert Bolivar DePugh, a veterinary medicine entrepreneur from Norborne, Missouri. The Minutemen believed that Communism would soon take over all of America. The group armed themselves, and was preparing to take back the country from the "subversives." The Minutemen organized themselves into small cells and stockpiled weapons for an anticipated counter-revolution. |
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| Item Description: | Reproduction of the originals from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Library. Date range of documents: 1960-1981. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (47,854 images) |