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Terrorist Attacks on American Soil
From the Civil War Era to the Present|
36,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 25.10.2012 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781442203242 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 488 |
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Beschreibungen
<span><span><span>Understanding the context of terrorism requires a trek through history, in this case the history of terrorist activity in the United States since the Civil War. Because the topic is large and complex, </span><span>Terrorists Attacks on American Soil: From the Civil War to the Present </span><span>does not claim to be an exhaustive history of terrorism or the definitive account of how and why terrorists do what they do. Instead, this book takes a representative sampling of the most horrific terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in an effort to understand the context in which they occurred and the lessons that can be learned from these events.</span></span><br><span></span></span>
<span><span><span>Terrorist Attacks on American Soil</span><span> is a</span><span> </span><span>close look at some of the most horrific terrorist attacks in the United States from the Civil War to present day. J. Michael Martinez takes us on a trek through history, providing a context for these dreadful events and a greater understanding of the lessons we can learn from them. </span></span><br><span></span></span>
<span><span><span>List of Illustrations </span></span><br><span><span>Acknowledgments </span></span><br><span><span>Introduction: Understanding Terrorism </span></span><br><span><span>PART I: The Nineteenth Century </span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 1: “A Sight Which Can Never Be Forgotten”: The Mountain </span></span><br><span><span>Meadows Massacre (1857) </span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 2: “The Gentle, Kindhearted Bioterrorist”: Luke Pryor Blackburn and the </span></span><br><span><span>Yellow Fever Plot (1864-1865) </span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 3: “We May Suspect That Race was the Cause of the Hostility”: The</span></span><br><span><span>Colfax Massacre (1873) </span></span><br><span><span>PART II: The Modern Era</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 4: “The McNamaras Have Betrayed Labor”: The </span><span>Los Angeles Times</span></span><br><span><span>Bombing (1910)</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 5: “An Explosion Just Like the Sound of a Gatling Gun”: The Wall Street </span></span><br><span><span>Bombing (1920)</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 6: “A President Has to Expect These Things”: The Truman Assassination </span></span><br><span><span>Attempt (1950)</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 7: “The Klan is Back on the Market”: The Sixteenth Street Bombing and the </span></span><br><span><span>Civil Rights Movement (1963)</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 8: “You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Winds Blows”:</span></span><br><span><span>Weatherman and the Counterculture Movement (1960s)</span></span><br><span><span>PART III: Postmodern Terror</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 9: “A Revolution Against the Industrial System”: The Unabomber </span></span><br><span><span>(1970s-1990s)</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 10: “How Charged with Punishments the Scroll”: The Oklahoma City </span></span><br><span><span>Bombing (1995)</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 11: “There is a Bomb in Centennial Park; You Have 30 Minutes”: </span></span><br><span><span>Eric Robert Rudolph (Late 1990s)</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 12: “The System was Blinking Red”: The Radical Islamic Movement and the September 11 Attacks</span></span><br><span><span>PART IV: Conclusion</span></span><br><span><span>The Lessons of Terrorism</span></span><br><span><span>Notes</span></span><br><span><span>References</span></span><br><span><span>About the Author</span></span><br><span></span></span>
<span><span><span>J. Michael Martinez</span><span> is an attorney and author of numerous articles and five books, including </span><span>Coming for to Carry Me Home: Race in America from Abolitionism to Jim Crow</span><span>.</span></span></span>
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