Non-fiction - Extremism, Crimes in Warfare, Genocide, Hate Crimes, and Sects - Christchurch City LibrariesLike this list

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• Black Pill

  How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

  Reeve, Elle

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  This gripping first-hand account by CNN investigative journalist Elle Reeve takes us on a deep-dive into the darkest corners of the Alt-right movement in America, showing its rise from hate-filled internet message boards to the adoption of its views…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Two Sisters

  Into the Syrian Jihad

  Seierstad, Åsne, 1970-

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  Highly acclaimed investigative journalist Åsne Seierstad, who delivered us a searing account of fanaticism in the book about Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik called ‘One of us’, turns her attention to another true-life tale of radicalisation…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Fever in the Heartland

  the Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

  Egan, Timothy

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  This is the chilling story of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in 1920’s America, it’s powerful and charismatic leader D.C Stephenson, and the woman whose tragic death bought him to justice, ending the KKK’s reign of terror. It is a challenging and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Opus

  Dark Money, a Secretive Cult, and Its Mission to Remake Our World

  Gore, Gareth

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  A riveting exposé of the super-secretive, ultra-conservative arm of the Catholic Church called Opus Dei, who for centuries have nefariously infiltrated key areas of power, most importantly the Catholic church, the world of banking, and world…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Judgement at Tokyo

  World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia

  Bass, Gary Jonathan, 1969-

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  Written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Gary J. Bass, this is an engaging and authoritatively researched account of the Tokyo war-crimes trials that took place soon after World War II. The resolution of this proved too be far from the cathartic reckoning…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Terror

  a True Story of Murder, Bombings and Germany's Far Right

  Kushner, Jacob

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  Between 2000 and 2011 the National Socialist Underground, a German Neo-Nazi terrorist group, committed a number of atrocious hate crimes that included over 50 murders and attempted murders, and three bombings. At the heart of the story is a trio of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Prequel

  An American Fight Against Fascism

  Maddow, Rachel

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  In this fast-paced and timely read, renowned journalist and historian Rachel Maddow looks back into the USA’s dark past to events leading up to and during WWII, where Nazi sympathisers embedded in the higher echelons of the US government and society…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Going Mainstream

  How Extremists Are Taking Over

  Ebner, Julia

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  From Telegraph book of the year winner and extremism expert Julia Ebner, this scarily pertinent book examines how groups from the far edges of the political spectrum, such Q-Anon and Anti-vaxxer groups, who propelled by world-wide issues such as the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Bodies, Their Battlefield

  What War Does to Women

  Lamb, Christina

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  Short-listed for the Ballie Gifford prize for Non-fiction and the Orwell prize, this book takes a disturbing look at the many horrific cases of mass rape on women and girls as a “systematic weapon of war” throughout the worlds many conflict zones…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cult Trip

  Inside the World of Coercion & Control

  Richter, Anke, 1964-

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  After a chance encounter with a cult survivor from Auckland’s notorious Centerpoint commune, journalist Anke Richter decided she wanted to tell the story of just how these cults manage to hypnotise, entrap and ultimately destroy their victims'…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ticket Collector From Belarus

  An Extraordinary True Story of the Holocaust and Britain's Only War Crimes Trial

  Anderson, Mike

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  An incredible account of the only prosecution for war crimes that has taken place on British soil, that of a Nazi war criminal who had lived a happy and peaceful life in England for 50 years after World War Two. The story starts with two school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fear

  New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists

  Clark, Byron C.

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  This absorbing book investigates the spread of mis/dis-information by ‘alt-right’ conspiracy theorists in New Zealand in recent years. The author delves into the roots of these groups and the different manifestations they have taken over time,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Columbine

  Cullen, David, 1961-

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  This multi-award winning book about the Columbine school massacre is the result of ten years of extensive research and is considered the definitive book on the subject. Cullen attempts to dispel some of the more inaccurate assumptions the media made…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• East West Street

  on the Origins of "genocide" and "crimes Against Humanity"

  Sands, Philippe, 1960-

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  The author Philippe Sands charts the very similar paths of two men who eventually went on to formulate the legal concepts and terminology surrounding the idea of ‘Genocide’ and ‘Crimes against humanity’. These concepts were first used in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hunting the Unabomber

  the FBI, Ted Kaczynski, and the Capture of America's Most Notorious Domestic Terrorist

  Wiehl, Lis W., 1961-

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  April 3, 1996. A team of FBI agents closed in on an isolated cabin in remote Montana. The cabin's lone inhabitant was a former mathematics prodigy and professor who had abandoned society decades earlier. Few people knew his name, Theodore Kaczynski,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Science of Hate

  How Prejudice Becomes Hate and What We Can Do to Stop It

  Williams, Matthew, 1976-

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  A man is attacked by three others outside a nightclub. During his recovery Matthew Williams embarks on a vocational journey to investigate the links between prejudice, hate and crime. Twenty years of criminology research that includes MRI scans and…Read moreRead more of this annotation