America's Use of Terror : From Colonial Times to the A-bomb /

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""Terrorism" is generally defined as the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, as a means to achieve political aims. American Exceptionalism--the belief that we are morally better than other nations, a "shining city on a hill" whose beams r...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Huggins, Stephen (Stephen Richard), 1943- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Terrorism.
State-sponsored terrorism.
Atrocities.
Atrocites > États-Unis > Histoire.
Terrorisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Terrorisme d'État > États-Unis > Histoire.
Atrocities > United States > History.
Terrorism > United States > History.
State-sponsored terrorism > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table des matières:
  • What is terrorism?
  • State terrorism, a sad historical fact
  • America, the morally exceptional state
  • The territorial cleansing of Native Americans
  • Revolution, but no respite for Native Americans
  • Terror during the American Revolution
  • The terrorism of American slavery
  • State terrorism during the American Civil War
  • Terrorism on the Great Plains
  • Terrorism during the Philippine-American War
  • A second slavery under Jim Crow
  • Lynching as terror theater
  • Firebombing to surrender during World War II
  • Incendiary bombing becomes the norm
  • Yes, we are targeting civilians
  • World War II scientists learn to fear their terror weapon
  • Nuking the cities
  • Terror in the post-World War II world
  • The future of American terror.

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