Librarians needn't fret about AK47-toting survivalists cluttering their reading rooms perusing this book. Despite its come-hither title, Gibson's work offers a weighty sociopsychological study of contemporary paramilitary culture that will more likely attract mild-mannered scholars. Discussing topics from gun control to his week as a shooter at Gunsite Ranch, Gibson, author of The Perfect War: T e chnowar in Vietnam ( LJ 9/1/86), argues that many factors, including movies (the Rambo films), books and magazines (Don Pendleton's The Executioner series, Soldier of Fortune ), and foreign policy (the Persian Gulf War), have both driven and been driven by this attempt at individual and national cleansing through violence. Recommended for undergraduate collections and large public libraries.-- Jim Burns, Ottumwa, Ia.
