Book · 2015 · Politics and government
Days of rage
America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
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You read a book like Bryan Burrough's book Days of Rage about the 60s and 70s and you're like there it's like a bomb every other day.
What they say about it
- Chronicles 70s domestic terrorism“widespread pattern of domestic terror”3
The best things said about it
Book called Days of Rage that kind of chronicles basically like very widespread pattern of domestic terror ideologically motivated domestic terror in the 70s.
Marc Andreessen Modern Wisdom · Dec 2024 Now if you look at the actual anti-war movement, Bryan Burrough's book Days of Rage is really really good on this.
To me, and this is, you know, I I continue to say this is that a lot of people are really stuck because they recently read the book The Days of Rage, which is, by the way, an incredible book, but their theory of the case is that this is like organized at a higher level.
Uh days of Rage I've mentioned this to you before the show but it's about the 70s Weather Underground and it's the same as antifa.
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Why people recommend it
Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough is a historical chronicle that documents the widespread wave of ideologically motivated domestic terrorism and underground radical violence carried out by groups like the Weather Underground during the 1970s. On Breaking Points, Emily Jashinsky frequently recommended the book to illustrate historical anti-institutional rage, though she later cautioned that modern readers sometimes misapply its lessons by assuming contemporary unrest is organized at the same high level as past underground movements. Marc Andreessen mentioned the book on Modern Wisdom to provide historical context for extreme domestic terror during the seventies. On The Realignment, Helen Andrews recommended the book when analyzing the true nature of the Vietnam-era anti-war movement. Bari Weiss referenced Burrough's work on Honestly with Bari Weiss while examining historical periods marked by intense, frequent political violence and bombings. Will Chamberlain brought up the book on Timcast IRL to draw explicit comparisons between the historical Weather Underground and modern groups like antifa during a broader conversation about radical ideologies and university professors. Across these appearances, the book serves as a vital historical reference point for understanding domestic extremism, militant fringe groups, and cycles of intense political volatility in modern American history.
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Emily Jashinsky People like my book recommendation, it many times over the years, Days of Rage. 2
“People like my book recommendation, it many times over the years, Days of Rage.”
“To me, and this is, you know, I I continue to say this is that a lot of people are really stuck because they recently read the book The Days of Rage, which is, by the way, an incredible book, but their theory of the case is that this is like organized at a higher level.”
Helen Andrews now if you look at the actual anti-war movement um brian burroughs book days of rage is really really good… 1
“now if you look at the actual anti-war movement um brian burroughs book days of rage is really really good on this”
Marc Andreessen book called days of rage that kind of Chronicles basically like very widespread pattern of domestic Terror… 1
“book called days of rage that kind of Chronicles basically like very widespread pattern of domestic Terror ideologically motivated domestic Terror in the 70s”
Bari Weiss You read a book like Brian Burr's book Days of Rage about the 60s and 70s and you're like there it's like a… 1
“You read a book like Brian Burr's book Days of Rage about the 60s and 70s and you're like there it's like a bomb every other day.”
Will Chamberlain uh days of Rage I've mentioned this to you before the show but it's about the 70s Weather Underground and i… 1
“uh days of Rage I've mentioned this to you before the show but it's about the 70s Weather Underground and it's the same as antifa”
