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Terrorist attacks on American soil : from the Civil War era to the present /
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 w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Understanding terrorism
- PART 1. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: "A sight which can never be forgotten": the Mountain Meadows Massacre (1857) ; "The gentle, kindhearted bioterrorist": Luke Pryor Blackburn and the Yellow Fever Plot (1864-1865) ; "We may suspect that race was the cause of the hostility": the Colfax Massacre (1873)
- PART 2. THE MODERN ERA: "The McNamaras have betrayed labor": the Los Angeles Times bombing (1910) ; "An explosion just like the sound of a Gatling gun": the Wall Street bombing (1950) ; "A President has to expect these things": the Truman assassination attempt (1950) ; "The Klan is back on the market": the Sixteenth Street bombing and the Civil Rights Movement 91963) ; "You don't need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows": Weatherman and Counterculture Movement (1960s)
- PART 3. POSTMODERN TERROR: "A revolution against the industrial system": the Unabomber (1970s-1990s) ; "How charged with punishments the Scroll": the Oklahoma City bombing (1995) l "There is a bomb in Centennial Park; you have thirty minutes": Eric Robert Rudolph (late 1990s) ; "The system was blinking red": the Radical Islamic Movement and the September 11 attacks
- PART 4. CONCLUSION: The lessons of terrorism.