J Michael Martinez

Terrorist Attacks on American Soil

From the Civil War Era to the Present

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Produktbeschreibung

Terrorist Attacks on American Soil is a close look at some of the most horrific terrorist attacks in the United States from the Civil War to present day. J. Michael Martinez takes us on a trek through history, providing a context for these dreadful events and a greater understanding of the lessons we can learn from them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 147mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780810896208
• ISBN-10: 0810896206
• Artikelnr.: 49448993

Autorenporträt

J. Michael Martinez is an attorney and author of numerous articles and five books, including Coming for to Carry Me Home: Race in America from Abolitionism to Jim Crow.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Understanding Terrorism
PART I: The Nineteenth Century Chapter 1: "A Sight Which Can Never Be
Forgotten": The Mountain Meadows Massacre (1857) Chapter 2: "The Gentle,
Kindhearted Bioterrorist": Luke Pryor Blackburn and the Yellow Fever Plot
(1864-1865) Chapter 3: "We May Suspect That Race was the Cause of the
Hostility": The Colfax Massacre (1873) PART II: The Modern Era Chapter 4:
"The McNamaras Have Betrayed Labor": The Los Angeles Times Bombing (1910)
Chapter 5: "An Explosion Just Like the Sound of a Gatling Gun": The Wall
Street Bombing (1920) Chapter 6: "A President Has to Expect These Things":
The Truman Assassination Attempt (1950) Chapter 7: "The Klan is Back on the
Market": The Sixteenth Street Bombing and the Civil Rights Movement (1963)
Chapter 8: "You Don't Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Winds Blows":
Weatherman and the Counterculture Movement (1960s) PART III: Postmodern
Terror Chapter 9: "A Revolution Against the Industrial System": The
Unabomber (1970s-1990s) Chapter 10: "How Charged with Punishments the
Scroll": The Oklahoma City Bombing (1995) Chapter 11: "There is a Bomb in
Centennial Park; You Have 30 Minutes": Eric Robert Rudolph (Late 1990s)
Chapter 12: "The System was Blinking Red": The Radical Islamic Movement and
the September 11 Attacks PART IV: Conclusion The Lessons of Terrorism Notes
References About the Author