The Anarchist Cookbook High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Anarchist Cookbook, first published in 1971, is a book that contains instructions for the manufacture of explosives, rudimentary telecommunications phreaking devices, and other items. It was written by William Powell to protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Since writing the book, P... more »owell has converted to Anglican Christianity and has attempted to have the book removed from circulation. However, Powell noted that when the book was published by Lyle Stuart, the copyright was taken out in the publisher's name, not his, and the current publisher had no desire to remove the book from print. Powell has since created many websites devoted to the book, explaining his desire to see it removed from circulation as he no longer advocates what he had written.« less