Political assassinations and terrorism have both outraged and fascinated the public throughout American history, particularly in the modern era. Providing biographical summaries of more than 100 assassins and terrorists, this book aims at a more complete understanding of the motivations behind violent extremism. The lives of the subjects are analyzed with a focus on psychological and ideological factors, along with details of investigations and criminal trials. Conspiracy theories are evaluated for credibility. Social media features prominently in explaining political violence by members of…mehr
Political assassinations and terrorism have both outraged and fascinated the public throughout American history, particularly in the modern era. Providing biographical summaries of more than 100 assassins and terrorists, this book aims at a more complete understanding of the motivations behind violent extremism. The lives of the subjects are analyzed with a focus on psychological and ideological factors, along with details of investigations and criminal trials. Conspiracy theories are evaluated for credibility. Social media features prominently in explaining political violence by members of extremist groups in the 21st century, including radical Islamic terrorists, anti-abortion activists and white supremacists.
Scott P. Johnson has been a professor of political science, coordinator of the Law & Society program, and pre-law advisor at Frostburg State University since 1999 and has authored numerous articles in law journals and law reviews. He received Faculty Achievement Awards for Academic Accomplishment in 2011 and 2014 and also received the FSU Outstanding Mentor Award in 2012.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii Preface Introduction Part 1-Domestic Assassins and Terrorists One-Presidential Assassins Richard Lawrence The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators John Wilkes Booth 11 Lewis Powell (Lewis Paine or Lewis Payne) 14 David E. Herold 16 George Atzerodt 17 Michael O'Laughlen 19 Mary Surratt 21 John Surratt 23 Samuel Arnold 25 Dr. Samuel Mudd 26 Edman Spangler 28 The Lincoln Conspiracy Trial Charles Guiteau Leon Czolgosz John Schrank Joseph Giuseppe Zangara Oscar Collazo Griselio Torresola Lee Harvey Oswald Samuel Byck Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme Sara Jane Moore John W. Hinckley, Jr. Francisco Martin Duran Two-Domestic Political Assassins Patrick Eugene Prendergast Carl Weiss Jack "Ruby" Rubenstein Byron De La Beckwith Thomas Hagan (a.k.a. Talmadge X Hayer and Mujahid Abdul Halim) John Patler (Yanacki "John" Patsalos) Sirhan Bishara Sirhan James Earl Ray Charles Harrelson Arthur Bremer Dan White Charles L. Koster Walter Leroy Moody, Jr. Byron (Low Tax) Looper Sidney Dorsey Othniel Askew Jared Lee Loughner Three-Domestic Political Terrorists William "Bill" Ayers Bernardine Dohrn Timothy McVeigh Terry Nichols Theodore Kaczynski Wade Michael Page Aaron Alexis Dylann Roof James T. Hodgkinson Robert Gregory Bowers Patrick Crusius Four-Anti-Abortion Extremists Michael Frederick Griffin Rachelle Ranae "Shelley" Shannon Paul Jennings Hill John C. Salvi III Eric Rudolph James Charles Kopp Scott Roeder Robert Lewis Dear, Jr. Part 2-Foreign Political Terrorism Five-The Nazi Saboteurs George Dasch Ernst Burger Heinrich Heinck Richard Quirin Edward Kerling Herbert Hans Haupt Herman Neubauer Werner Thiel Ex parte Quirin Six-Puerto Rican Nationalists Lolita Lebron Rafael Cancel Miranda Andres Figueroa Cordero Irvin Flores-Rodriguez Oscar Lopez Rivera Seven-Islamic Fundamentalists Ramzi Yousef (Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim) September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: Planners Osama bin Laden 226 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 232 September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: American Airlines Flight 11 Mohamed Attä237 Abdulaziz al-Omari 242 Satam Muhammed Abdel Rahman al-Suqami 245 Wail Mohammed al-Shehri 248 Waleed Mohammed al-Shehri 250 September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: United Airlines Flight 175 Marwan Yousef Mohamed Rashid Lekrab al-Shehhi 254 Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad 259 Mohand Muhammad Fayiz al-Shehri 261 Ahmed Salah Said al-Ghamdi 264 Hamza Salih Ahmad al-Hamid al-Ghamdi 267 September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: American Airlines Flight 77 Hani Saleh Hasan Hanjour 270 Khalid Muhammad Abdallah al-Mihdhar 274 Majed Mashaan Ghanem Moqed 279 Nawaf Muhammed Salim al-Hazmi 281 Salem al-Hazmi 286 September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: United Airlines Flight 93 Ziad Samir Jarrah 289 Saeed Abdallah Ali Sulayman al-Ghamdi 293 Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Nami 296 Ahmed Ibrahim al-Haznawi 298 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Eight-Post-9/11 Terrorists Richard Reid Zacarias Moussaoui Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (a.k.a. Umar Abdul Mutallab and Omar Farooq al-Nigeri) Nidal Malik Hasan Tamerlan Tsarnaev Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Syed Rizwan Farook Tashfeen Malik Omar Mir Seddique ("Omar Mateen") Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani Conclusion and Discussion Political and Religious Extremism Psychological and Emotional Disorders Insanity Discrimination Based Upon Race, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation Money and Power Mass Media Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii Preface Introduction Part 1-Domestic Assassins and Terrorists One-Presidential Assassins Richard Lawrence The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators John Wilkes Booth 11 Lewis Powell (Lewis Paine or Lewis Payne) 14 David E. Herold 16 George Atzerodt 17 Michael O'Laughlen 19 Mary Surratt 21 John Surratt 23 Samuel Arnold 25 Dr. Samuel Mudd 26 Edman Spangler 28 The Lincoln Conspiracy Trial Charles Guiteau Leon Czolgosz John Schrank Joseph Giuseppe Zangara Oscar Collazo Griselio Torresola Lee Harvey Oswald Samuel Byck Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme Sara Jane Moore John W. Hinckley, Jr. Francisco Martin Duran Two-Domestic Political Assassins Patrick Eugene Prendergast Carl Weiss Jack "Ruby" Rubenstein Byron De La Beckwith Thomas Hagan (a.k.a. Talmadge X Hayer and Mujahid Abdul Halim) John Patler (Yanacki "John" Patsalos) Sirhan Bishara Sirhan James Earl Ray Charles Harrelson Arthur Bremer Dan White Charles L. Koster Walter Leroy Moody, Jr. Byron (Low Tax) Looper Sidney Dorsey Othniel Askew Jared Lee Loughner Three-Domestic Political Terrorists William "Bill" Ayers Bernardine Dohrn Timothy McVeigh Terry Nichols Theodore Kaczynski Wade Michael Page Aaron Alexis Dylann Roof James T. Hodgkinson Robert Gregory Bowers Patrick Crusius Four-Anti-Abortion Extremists Michael Frederick Griffin Rachelle Ranae "Shelley" Shannon Paul Jennings Hill John C. Salvi III Eric Rudolph James Charles Kopp Scott Roeder Robert Lewis Dear, Jr. Part 2-Foreign Political Terrorism Five-The Nazi Saboteurs George Dasch Ernst Burger Heinrich Heinck Richard Quirin Edward Kerling Herbert Hans Haupt Herman Neubauer Werner Thiel Ex parte Quirin Six-Puerto Rican Nationalists Lolita Lebron Rafael Cancel Miranda Andres Figueroa Cordero Irvin Flores-Rodriguez Oscar Lopez Rivera Seven-Islamic Fundamentalists Ramzi Yousef (Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim) September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: Planners Osama bin Laden 226 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 232 September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: American Airlines Flight 11 Mohamed Attä237 Abdulaziz al-Omari 242 Satam Muhammed Abdel Rahman al-Suqami 245 Wail Mohammed al-Shehri 248 Waleed Mohammed al-Shehri 250 September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: United Airlines Flight 175 Marwan Yousef Mohamed Rashid Lekrab al-Shehhi 254 Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad 259 Mohand Muhammad Fayiz al-Shehri 261 Ahmed Salah Said al-Ghamdi 264 Hamza Salih Ahmad al-Hamid al-Ghamdi 267 September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: American Airlines Flight 77 Hani Saleh Hasan Hanjour 270 Khalid Muhammad Abdallah al-Mihdhar 274 Majed Mashaan Ghanem Moqed 279 Nawaf Muhammed Salim al-Hazmi 281 Salem al-Hazmi 286 September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks: United Airlines Flight 93 Ziad Samir Jarrah 289 Saeed Abdallah Ali Sulayman al-Ghamdi 293 Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Nami 296 Ahmed Ibrahim al-Haznawi 298 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Eight-Post-9/11 Terrorists Richard Reid Zacarias Moussaoui Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (a.k.a. Umar Abdul Mutallab and Omar Farooq al-Nigeri) Nidal Malik Hasan Tamerlan Tsarnaev Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Syed Rizwan Farook Tashfeen Malik Omar Mir Seddique ("Omar Mateen") Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani Conclusion and Discussion Political and Religious Extremism Psychological and Emotional Disorders Insanity Discrimination Based Upon Race, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation Money and Power Mass Media Bibliography Index
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