The Radical Right represents a serious threat to traditional American values like liberty, free speech, religious tolerance, social and civil equality and equal justice for all citizens. They want to dismantle all these traditions and eliminate any prospect of pluralism and diversity in American society and government. After years of being considered a lunatic fringe, the Radical Right has now attracted the attention of authors and scholars in many disciplines, writing in both the popular press and specialist publications.

The Radical Right is incredibly rich, well organized, and fanatical in its determination to destroy American freedoms. The books mentioned here will inform you more fully about the methods and objectives of these purveyors of prejudice, bigotry and hatred.

• The Antigay Agenda, by Didi Herman. University of Chicago Press, 1997. ISBN 0-226-32764-7.
  
  An excellent scholarly examination of the religious right's anti-gay strategy.
  
  

• Perfect Enemies: The Religious Right, the Gay Movement, and the Politics of the 90s, by Chris Bull and John Gallager. Crown Publishers, 1996. ISBN 0-517-70198-7.
  
  A comparison of both sides of the gay rights issue, focusing on how each side portrays the other as an evil "mirror image" of itself.
  
  

• Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy, by Fredrick Clarkson. Common Courage Press, 1997. ISBN 1-56751-088-4.
  
  An excellent and easy to follow overview of the entire radical right and its strategy, beliefs and tactics.
  
  

• Facing the Wrath: Confronting the Right In Dangerous Times, by Sara Diamond. Common Courage Press, 1996. ISBN 1-56751-078-7.
  
  A series of article-length features on various aspects of the radical right, from militias to school prayer to anti-gay activities.
  
  

• The Religious Right: The Assault on Tolerance and Pluralism in America, a publication of the Anti-Defamation League, 1994. Contact your local ADL office for more information
  
  A survey by the respected ADL on the activities of the radical right. Features a guide to the various groups and personalities in the movement.