America's use of terror : from colonial times to the A-bomb /
"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 radiate...
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Lawrence :
University Press of Kansas,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- 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.