Terrorist Attacks on American Soil

From the Civil War Era to the Present

J. Michael Martinez

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781442203235
• eBook ISBN: 9781442203242
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

Understanding the context of terrorism requires a trek through history, in this case the history of terrorist activity in the United States since the Civil War. Because the topic is large and complex, Terrorists Attacks on American Soil: From the Civil War to the Present does not claim to be an exhaustive history of terrorism or the definitive account of how and why terrorists do what they do. Instead, this book takes a representative sampling of the most horrific terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in an effort to understand the context in which they occurred and the lessons that can be learned from these events.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I: The Nineteenth Century
• Chapter 1: “A Sight Which Can Never Be Forgotten”
• Chapter 2: “The Gentle, Kindhearted Bioterrorist”
• Chapter 3: “We May Suspect That Race Was the Cause of the Hostility”
• Part II: The Modern Era
• Chapter 4: “The McNamaras Have Betrayed Labor”
• Chapter 5: “An Explosion Just Like the Sound of a Gatling Gun”
• Chapter 6: “A President Has to Expect These Things”
• Chapter 7: “The Klan Is Back on the Market”
• Chapter 8: “You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows”
• Part III: Postmodern Terror
• Chapter 9: “A Revolution against the Industrial System”
• Chapter 10: “How Charged with Punishments the Scroll”
• Chapter 11: “There Is a Bomb in Centennial Park; You Have Thirty Minutes”
• Chapter 12: “The System Was Blinking Red”
• Part IV: Conclusion
• The Lessons of Terrorism
• References
• About the Author