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National Alliance - History

The group was founded in 1974 by William Pierce, a former physics professor and author of the book, The Turner Diaries: (under the pseudonym Andrew MacDonald) a novel about "white revolution" in America. The National Alliance was reorganized from an earlier group: the National Youth Alliance (NYA). The NYA was formed out of the remains of Gov. George Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign organization Youth for Wallace. The NYA broke into factions as a result of infighting. Pierce gained control of the largest remnant in 1970 and continued the organization under that name until its reorganization in 1974.

Pierce previously had been an associate of the assassinated leader of the American Nazi Party, George Lincoln Rockwell.

Pierce died of cancer on July 23, 2002, and was succeeded as National Chairman by Erich Gliebe. In April of 2005 following his termination as editor of National Vanguard Magazine, Kevin Alfred Strom and a small faction of the unit coordinators and members of the Executive Committee issued a declaration calling for Gliebe to step down. Gliebe refused, claiming that the National Alliance operates under a so-called "Leadership Principle" and that he would not yield to any coup. Strom then formed a new group called National Vanguard. Shortly thereafter, Gliebe resigned as National Chairman of the Alliance stating that he needed more time to spend with his family. Gliebe appointed Shaun Walker as his successor.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "History", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki