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 ...
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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.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 272 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2009017156 Type of material Book Personal name Fellman, Michael. Main title In the name of God and country: reconsidering terrorism in American history / Michael Fellman. Published/Created New Haven: Yale University Press, c2010. Description 272 p. : ill., map; 24 cm. ISBN 9780300115109 (alk. paper) 0300115105 (alk. paper) LC classification HV6432. F446 2010 Contents 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. LC Subjects Terrorism--United States--History. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 363.3250973 Geographic area code n-us---National bib no. GBA9A1746 National bib agency no. 015397073 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn150348464
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