In the Name of God and Country Reconsidering Terrorism in American History Michael Fellman
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- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication date:
- 30 Nov 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780300168020
- Imprint:
- Yale University Press
- Dimensions:
- 288 pages: 229 x 149mm
- Illustrations:
- 9 b-w illus.
- Sales territories:
- World
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A provocative examination of the historical origins and impact of terrorism in America.
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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