Reviewers considered the book to be one of the most comprehensive and well-researched histories of American white nationalism.[1][3] For instance, Publishers Weekly called the book a "rigorously researched and eloquent book" that has the "breadth of an encyclopedia."[2] However, the scope of the book was so wide and the contents so exhaustive that critics believed the book was repetitive and unfocused.[4] Art Winslow wrote in the Los Angeles Times that "Zeskind's account is fine-grained, which is both its strength and its weakness."[5] Dave Gilson criticized the book for not making a greater distinction between white Republicans and politically fringe figures and Chris Barsanti said that Zeskind's "style can be tendentious" but that "the weight of his scholarship ... is undeniably impressive."[6][7]