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Civil War II: The Coming Breakup Of America Paperback – January 13, 2009

by Thomas Chittum (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 173 ratings
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This fascinating book looks into the very real possibility that America could descend into a racial civil war in the coming decade. Frightening, but full of facts that are difficult to argue with.
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    212 pages
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    English
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    January 13, 2009
  4. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.48 x 8.5 inches
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    144047639X
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1440476396
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 13, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 212 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 144047639X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1440476396
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.48 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 173 ratings

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jdm
5.0 out of 5 stars Details have changed, but the principles are solid
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2021
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CIVIL WAR TWO posits that a great division will take place in the United States. We will be able to see it coming as we pass some number of markers or mile posts carefully outlined in the book. I agree.

Thomas W Chittum’s belief at the time of the writing (1996 copyright) is that the principles taught by Karl Marx, and practiced by infamous communist leaders in the 20th century, would be the driving forces behind this Civil War. I agree again.

Marxist principles teach that a great division can be created within a society and destroy all things that hold that society together. Every man is set against his brother. I agree. We are watching it today.

Chittum’s belief is that it would be racial conflict that finally lights the match. I disagree here. I suspect that Mr. Chittum, now some 25 years after publication, might also be of a similar opinion.

It will be a great divide. But that divide is now between those want personal freedom, as outlined in the Constitution of the United States, and those who demand that all Citizens conform to whatever the Federal Government tells us to do.

It’s like that one guy says: “…uh…you know the thing!!…c’mon, man.,,” when he is referring to our founding documents. He also said “…we all just need to get along”. It’s now clear that what he meant was “…join me…do what I say…I grow impatient.”

A great change is coming. You Don’t want to be surprised when the internet goes down, the police stay home to protect their families, & our biggest cities seem to on fire 24/7. That’s a bad time to be without food, and wondering what is happening.
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J
5.0 out of 5 stars Weird formatting but very insightful
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2023
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Formatting is weird and the author can get a bit carried away on some things, but he's seen a lot of the world and there's a lot to be learned from this book.
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D. Buxman
4.0 out of 5 stars Dated but Pretty Accurate in Many Respects
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2010
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It's hard to criticize a book written 15 years ago which makes bold predictions that don't come to fruition, but are pretty close to the mark. After the LA Riots and the increase in crime in the early 90's, the idea of America fragmenting along racial lines seemed pretty compelling but I think the author overestimated the speed at which collapse would take place. In any event, this book is a worthwhile read because many of the predictions concerning a possible collapse and civil war may still come to pass. In addition, the author provides some good information on what to do if things fall apart. It seems to me that we are more likely to move towards a police state and economic collapse, rather than outright civil war, but it is also easy to see the polarization of our country that could confirm the author's vision in the next 5 to 10 years on account of failed leadership from both political parties.
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X-Wonderbug
5.0 out of 5 stars A fair discussion of reality
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2011
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On the whole, I would have to agree with the lengthy reviews of Rauback, Sims, and Gori, and probably more of the 5-star reviewers, whom I didn't look up. The book is scary but presents much food for thought. Keep in mind that the book was written about 14 years ago, when the American reality was quite different from today. To those familiar and knowledgable of the economic, political and social aspects of our society, it is quite apparent that the current political administration and media are hell bent on deconstructing our traditional American way of life. Even this country can take only so much before it implodes into Chittum's predictions, and the "change" that many were fooled into voting for is quickly moving us in that direction. A shame, but then those who do not stand up for their liberty will lose it. If you want to survive Chittum's apocalypse, which is certainly coming, you must prepare and act now. "Hoping against hope" will not save you or your loved ones.
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GOATmila
5.0 out of 5 stars The jury is still out on this one.
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2022
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This book was written back in the 1990s, but it's looking more and more like the writer understood his subject well. His predictions seem to be unfolding before our eyes as time passes.
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themcmanusbro
3.0 out of 5 stars Compelling thesis, only partly-convincing analysis
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2016
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Thomas W. Chittum, a former U.S. military analyst and veteran of the Vietnam, Rhodesian and Croatian conflicts, knows what he's talking about. Unfortunately his book cannot serve as any useful "anchoring" work or defining template for the case he is trying to make, marred as it is by sometimes mediocre writing, hasty logic and a less-than-scholarly treatment of what purports to be scholarly material.

First, the bad. The case Chittum makes for arguing that ethnic conflict spilling over into outright civil war is somewhat sketchy. His sociological delineation of states as either "nations" or "empires" needed a clearer and more academic definition. He is not particularly organized in drawing parallels with other incidents such as the breakup of the U.S.S.R. and Yugoslavia and outlining the steps by which such societies descend into chaos. He does not adequately treat potential counter-theses, and he does not resist the temptation to use buzzwords such as "New World Order" which opens him up to dismissal by those who have been used to writing alt-right analyses and prophecies off as John Bircher doomsdaying.

A better organizational plan for the book would perhaps:

1. Brief histories of ethnic conflicts and the collapses of various multi-ethnic states
2. A synthesis of the steps by which such collapses come about
3. A survey of the state of the U.S. relative to such incidents
4. Addressing of potential counter-arguments in which multiethnic or seemingly multiethnic societies (Mexico, La Réunion) seem to hold and whether these cases might apply to the U.S., or not
5. Outline of predictions for the unfolding of the coming conflict
6. Recommendations for how to proceed

Unfortunately, the first four points are treated all over the place and are never really condensed to their essentials, with the best possible arguments put forward. Chittum is at his best when he sticks to his own domain, speculating how racial conflict in the United States would be likely to unfold, where the physical and metaphysical lines would be drawn, what are the various strengths and weaknesses of the military and the potential paramilitaries. However, even these otherwise solid predictions and recommendations are punctuated by cases for other points the book should already have firmly established by that time.

All in all it's an interesting thesis and there is some good stuff here, but I don't think it is a good starting point for a foray into the counter-narrative to the "Diversity is strength!" ho-hum. Try Brent Nelson's  America Balkanized: Immigration's Challenge to Government , and consider supplementing it with Gino Spinoza's writings from the early 20th century in which the Italian-American (from a prominent Florentine bourgeois family, unusual for Italian immigrants of the time) makes the case for severely restricting Southern and Eastern European immigration to get an idea of the historical evolution of mindsets.

(If you are going to defend immigration patriot theses you will at some point have to answer the charge that "BUT THEY SAID THAT ABOUT PAST IMMIGRANTS AND IT'S TURNED OUT OKAY!" And for that you will have to discuss the evolution of American societal tissue and the infiltration of postmodernism at all levels of civic discourse and education as well as the clergy. Prepare yourself for long, drawn-out reading.)

(NB: I am reviewing the Kindle edition, in which several charts have been severely distorted by the digitization. That is something that should definitely be looked into.)
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Pete
5.0 out of 5 stars America at a cultural junction
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2018
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American flags being snatched out the hands of American citizens by illegal migrants in california, infiltration of the police and military by gangs, the rise of a populist president, I wish I could give this book 1 star because it's complete nonsense, but sadly pretty much everything chittum wrote 20 years ago is unfolding like a story from someone who had access to a time machine, probably the most important book anyone from the western world could read given current migration problems.
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robins111
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2014
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even though written about 2 decades ago, it seems prophetic.
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