In the name of God and country : reconsidering terrorism in American history / Michael Fellman.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]تاريخ حقوق النشر: ©2010وصف:272 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780300115109
- 0300115105
- 9780300168020 (pbk)
- 0300168020 (pbk)
- Reconsidering terrorism in American history
- HV6432 F446 2010
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HV6432 F446 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011312646 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
John Brown: slavery and terrorism -- Terrorism and civil war -- Blood redemption: the counterrevolutionary white-terrorist destruction of reconstruction -- The Haymarket: terrorism and class conflict -- The Philippines War: terrorism and empire.
"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"--Jacket.