Product Description

This is the terrifying story of the most dangerous radical-right hate group to surface since the Ku Klux Klan first rode a century ago. The Silent Brotherhood attracted seemingly average citizens with their call for pride in race, family, and religion and their mission to save white, Christian America from a communist conspiracy. Here is how they became criminals and assassins in their effort to establish an Aryan homeland. 8-page photo insert.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #259038 in Books
• Published on: 1990-11-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

From Library Journal
Two courageous investigative journalists have created an insiders' account of the "silent brotherhood," the anti-Jewish, white supremacist underground that, with the justification of some perversely interpreted Christian teachings, conducts an all-out race war. The movement has gathered a group of superpatriots, zealots, malcontents, as well as, rather disturbingly, a large majority of ordinary people. These followers see the underground's survivalist creed as the way whites can protect their race from "Jewish monied elites" and nonwhites "living off of welfare." Flynn and Gerhardt outline some of the brotherhood's activities--bank robberies, armored car heists, and, most notably, the savage assassination of Denver radio talk-show host Allan Berg. A chilling, frightening book.
- Frank Kessler, Missouri Western State Coll., St. Joseph
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

The Silent Brotherhood
This is a "true crime" style account of Bob Matthews and The Order. It was a lot more fair and impartial than I expected. Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination (and neither was The Order themselves) but even members of The Order have said it is more or less accurate except for minor details and the dialogue that the authors threw in. This is still a must read book if for no other reason its the best book about Bob Matthews and The Order that has been put out and is written in a way that keeps you interested the whole way through. Whether you consider them terrorists or freedom fighters you will probably get something out of this book.

Good reading, but a little misleading
"The Silent Brotherhood" is a well-researched and in-depth look at one of the most infamous domestic terrorist groups, The Order. It illustrates how alarmingly normal people can harbor deep and unrelenting passions against society.

You come a way with a sense of respect for both the FBI agents, who put a tremendous amount of effort into the case, and another strange sense of respect for Robert Jay Matthews, who becomes a sort of modern-day tragic hero. In the background, you have the other personalities of the far-right, who do provide quite the tapestry of characters.

I do fault the book on several fronts. One, I noticed a large number of typing errors into the end of the text. Two, since this was a second release, there should have been some updates on the other players. Third, the authors smear the entire militia movement with a broad brush. Most militias are nothing like the Order

the story of modern day white heros...never forget them
fantastic story of bob and other modern day white heros.if you want to know what the real heros of the racialist struggle are like then read this book.if you are only loking to read about mindless skinhead violence then look elsewher .we shall never forget them and their sacrafice .remarkably well balanced book that is a must read.