To shake their guns in the tyrant's face : libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement / Robert H. Churchill.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-353) and index.

The Precedent of 1774: The Role of Insurgent Violence in the Political Theory of the Founding -- The Revolution as Living Memory: Fries' Rebellion and the Alien and Sedition Act Crisis of 1798-1800 -- The Libertarian Memory of the Revolution in the Antebellum Era -- The Roots of Modern Patriotism: Conscription, Resistance, and the Sons of Liberty Conspiracy of 1864 -- Cleansing the Memory of the Revolution: Americanism, the Black Legion, and the First Brown Scare -- The Making of the Second Brown Scare: Liberal Pluralism and the Evolution of the White Supremacist Right -- The Origins of the Militia Movement: Violence and Memory on the Suburban-Rural Frontier -- An Exploration of Militia Ideology: The Whig Diagnosis of Post-Cold War America -- Epilogue: The Defense of Liberty in the Age of Terror.