Building on the views of his mentors at the University of Alabama, he published two books on the Celts,[2][3][4] romanticizing the "Celtic" soldier.

[2] With Thomas Fleming, Hill co-authored an article entitled "New Dixie Manifesto" in The Washington Post in June 1995.

Michael Hill's speeches make frequent reference to the movie Braveheart, and he often states that a war between the "Celtic" south and the English north is "inevitable".

[8]: 112  It both provides a justification for the civil war that is based on a pseudoscientific racial determinism and which also does not include the southern states explicitly seceding for the sake of preserving slavery.

Hill was found liable on one count of civil conspiracy under Virginia state law and was ordered to pay $500,000 in damages.