What is the alt-right, where did it come from, and how does it come into play in our national discourse? Public and international affairs professor Thomas J. Main *94 works to answer these questions in The Rise of the Alt-Right through analysis of online alt-right hot spots and interviews with the movement’s leaders, tracing its roots to the post-war modern conservativism. Main argues the movement has never been stronger — both in the U.S. and throughout the Western world.
