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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
By J. Michael Martinez
Summary
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.
