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Terrorism: The Rite Of The Antichrist
The books The Turner Diaries
and Hunter, written by William
Pierce under the pen name
Andrew Macdonald, one of the
leaders of the National Alliance,
are important sources of inspira-
tion for racists around the world.
The Turner Diaries describes
how a lone racist bombs the FBI
headquarters. The hero of Hunter
kills Jews and members of other
minorities.
phlet A Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution by the French Nationalist
Socialist Movement, which took those books as its theoretical basis,
contains all the information a neo-Nazi would require. The pamphlet is
a detailed, practical terrorist handbook, divided into such chapter
headings as Methods of Covert Direct Action, Escape and Evasion,
Assasination, Terror Bombing, Sabotage, Racial War, How To Create A
Revolutionary Situation, and Rules of Engagement – Regulations
Concerning the Conduct of Soldiers of the Aryan Liberation Army. 27
Even if they do not play an active role within these groups, many
people nevertheless support fascism and are influenced by these
books. The Turner Diaries, for instance, describe how one underground
group organized against the state and what kind of activities it en-
gaged in. In his defense, a man by the name of John William King, who
killed a Black man named James Byrd Jr. in 1998 by tying him and drag-
ging him behind his pick-up truck, was reported to having said, "We're
going to start The Turner Diaries early." 28
Following the 1993 Oklahoma bombing by Timothy McVeigh, atten-
tion turned to William Pierce's book Hunter, in which Pierce described the
actions of a bomber who acted alone. The hero of the book was not sup-
ported by any group or organization, but consciously carried out a terror-
ist attack single-handedly, just as Timothy McVeigh did. 29