To shake their guns in the tyrant's face libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement /

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Hoofdauteur: Churchill, Robert H.
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • The precedent of 1774: the role of insurgent violence in the political theory of the founding
  • The revolution as living memory: Fries' Rebellion and The Alien and Sedition Act crisis of 1798-1800
  • The libertarian memory of the revolution in the Antebellum Era
  • The roots of modern patriotism: conscription, resistance, and the Sons of Liberty conspiracy of 1864
  • Cleansing the memory of the revolution: Americanism, the black legion, and the first Brown Scare
  • The making of the second Brown Scare: liberal pluralism and the evolution of the white supremacist right
  • The origins of the militia movement: violence and memory on the suburban-rural frontier
  • An exploration of militia ideology: the Whig diagnosis of post-Cold War America
  • Epilogue: the defense of liberty in the age of terror.