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Item Details
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AND COUNTRY
RECONSIDERING TERRORISM IN AMERICAN HISTORY |
| By: |
Michael Fellman |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0300115105 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780300115109 |
| Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2010 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Argues that terrorism, in various forms, has been a constant and driving force in American history. This title also argues that there is an intrinsic relationship between terrorist acts by non-state groups and responses on the part of the state; unlike many observers, he believes that both the action and the reaction constitute terrorism. |
| Synopsis: |
With insight and originality, Michael Fellman argues that terrorism, in various forms, has been a constant and driving force in American history. In part, this is due to the nature of American republicanism and Protestant Christianity, which he believes contain a core of moral absolutism and self-righteousness that perpetrators of terrorism use to justify their actions. Fellman also argues that there is an intrinsic relationship between terrorist acts by non-state groups and responses on the part of the state; unlike many observers, he believes that both the action and the reaction constitute terrorism. Fellman's compelling narrative focuses on five key episodes: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry; terrorism during the American Civil War, especially race warfare and guerrilla warfare; the organized 'White Line' paramilitary destruction of Reconstruction in Mississippi; the Haymarket Affair and its aftermath; and, the Philippine-American war of 1899-1902. In an epilogue, he applies this history to illuminate the Bush-Cheney administration's use of terrorism in the so-called war on terror.In the "Name of God and Country" demonstrates the centrality of terrorism in shaping America even to this day. |
| Illustrations: |
9 black-&-white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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