Terrorism is often seen as a Middle Eastern problem and terrorists are often perceived as only having a Muslim background. It may surprise many to learn that Americans are and have been terrorists since the birth of the nation. This book investigates and discusses many instances in which Americans were themselves the terrorists and the victims.
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Terrorism: Concepts and Causes The Colonial Era: Rebellion and Dissent Before the Civil War: Mob Violence in Jacksonian America From the Civil War to World War I: Racism, Labor Disputes and Anarchism The Interwar Years: The Red Scare to Facism 1940-1980: Mc Carthyism, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Left Into the Twenty-First Century: International and Domestic Attacks Conclusion: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Terrorism in the United States
Sobre el autor
BRENDA J. LUTZ is a Research Associate at the Decision Sciences and Theory Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, USA.
JAMES M. LUTZ is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, USA.
They have previously co-authored a textbook,
Global Terrorism (2004) and
Terrorism: Origins and Evolution (2005). They have also co-authored ten articles and chapters that deal with terrorism and political violence.
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