Siege (Mason book)
1st edition (Storm Books) cover | |
| Editor | Michael J. Moynihan |
|---|---|
| Author | James Mason |
| Language | English (translated into several languages) |
| Subject | Terrorism, neo-Nazism |
| Published | 1992 (Storm Books, 1st) 2003 (Black Sun Publications, 2nd) 2015 (3rd, Iron March) 2018 (4th edition) 2021 (5th edition) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 434 (first edition) |
| ISBN | 0-9724408-0-1 2nd edition |
| OCLC | 43098249 |
Siege (sometimes stylised as SIEGE), originally published as Siege: The Collected Writings of James Mason, is an anthology of essays by the neo-Nazi James Mason. After growing disillusioned with the mass movement approach of neo-Nazi movements, Mason began advocating for white revolution through terrorism. Mason originally wrote the essays from 1980 to 1986 for the National Socialist Liberation Front newsletter of the same name, which was itself the revival of a 1970s periodical created by Joseph Tommasi. The essays were published and edited in a single volume by Michael J. Moynihan in 1992. It has since been republished and reedited multiple times.
Though the book was reviewed in several periodicals upon its release and was praised and distributed by the influential white supremacist Tom Metzger, most neo-Nazis of the time either ignored or criticized the book. It was not influential for many years, though was occasionally discussed in academic literature. In the 2010s the book found a new audience online among younger neo-Nazis due to the book's republication by the neo-fascist forum Iron March. In addition to its promotion of neo-Nazism, it lionizes serial killers, mass murderers, and Charles Manson. Siege advocates neo-Nazi lone wolf terrorism, and has been tied to numerous terrorist groups.