The Encyclopedia of White Power is an extremely topical, useful and enlightening volume, which seeks to delineate the "Euro-American White Power subculture"... [the] "kaleidoscope of views" will allow readers to receive a deeper and more differentiated understanding of the subject matter than would be afforded by one hegemonic voice...Jeffrey Kaplan is a fluent and often humorous writer. He has produced a riveting, fascinating volume which is informative, analytical, and sometimes very alarming; but which is also, in this reader's view, basically objective.

Thomas Robbins, Nova Religio: The Journal Of Alternative And Emergent Religions

On the whole...this is a solid and important contribution to historical and contemporary understanding of white racism, and academic and large public libraries will want to add it to their collections.

Booklist

A unique, engrossing, and sometimes astonishing work; its comprehensiveness and willingness to let members of the pertinent racial movements to explain themselves on critical matters virtually guarantees that it will be the best sourcebook on the subject for a long time to come. Kaplan's special quality as a scholar has always been his ability to gain the confidence of those he interviews: a quality exhibited over and over again here.

David C. Rapoport, (University of California, Los Angeles)

The civil rights movement has been limned and dissected in great detail for half a century. Now the much less familiar countermovement-white power-gets some overdue attention. Kaplan avoids both demonization and praise as he puts the radical right on the table for our perusal. . . . A mix of scholarly and participant voices give this volume a rich overall content and texture. An encyclopedia that is as engrossing a read as any novel.

Timothy Miller, University of Kansas

This reviewer would highly recommend Kaplan's encyclopedia for library reference collections. In addition, this volume would serve as a helpful compendium to students and researchers trying to deal with the breadth of philosophies and organizations in the white power movement....This volume is a must for researchers in the field....Kaplan's volume is an accessible way to see the movement through well-organized materials that emphasize the historical, cross-cultural, philosophical, and sociological aspects toward understanding the 'far right.'

Stephanie Shanks-Meile, (Indiana University Northwest), H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online

This is a fascinating, disturbing, and invaluable resource for all concerned with the phenomenon of white racism and neo-fascism in contemporary Europe and the United States. The great majority of the entries, written by the editor, Mr. Kaplan, are not only informative but also in an elegant and ironic style just right for the subject. The value of the volume is only enhanced by a few clearly designated entries and an appendix of primary source material by persons and groups covered in the encyclopedia. It will be helpful to users of this reference work to see for themselves what this literature looks like, and at the same time I have no doubt that most readers will close this section of the book impressed by nothing so much as the utter irresponsibility and intellectual vacuity of the rhetoric. Nonetheless, it is important that white power and neo-facism be understood. Recommended for libraries and all individuals involved with the issue.

Robert S. Ellwood, (University of Southern California)