Download or read book Frontier Terror written by Michael Rutter and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-04-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the events of January 6, 2021, talk of vigilantes and mob violence have become a part of our daily discourse, reminding us that we haven’t come as far as we thought from the “wild” days of the Old West. The nineteenth century was a time of opportunity in the West, but it was also fraught with lawlessness, racism, and extreme violence as territories became states, freemen and immigrants settled alongside white homesteaders, and the first unions changed the way we work. Author Michael Rutter examines the growing pains of the American West through the lens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century vigilantes, outlaws, mob violence, and lynchings, proving that oftentimes our country’s democratic progress comes at the cost of physical violence.
Download or read book Social Networks as the New Frontier of Terrorism written by Laura Scaife and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorism. Why does this word grab our attention so? Propaganda machines have adopted modern technology as a means to always have their content available. Regardless of the hour or time zone, information is being shared by somebody, somewhere. Social media is a game changer influencing the way in which terror groups are changing their tactics and also how their acts of terror are perceived by the members of the public they intend to influence. This book explores how social media adoption by terrorists interacts with privacy law, freedom of expression, data protection and surveillance legislation through an exploration of the fascinating primary resources themselves, covering everything from the Snowden Leaks, the rise of ISIS to Charlie Hebdo. The book also covers lesser worn paths such as the travel guide that proudly boasts that you can get Bounty and Twix bars mid-conflict, and the best local hair salons for jihadi brides. These vignettes, amongst the many others explored in this volume bring to life the legal, policy and ethical debates considered in this volume, representing an important part in the development of understanding terrorist narratives on social media, by framing the legislative debate. This book represents an invaluable guide for lawyers, government bodies, the defence services, academics, students and businesses.
Download or read book Terror Sans Frontiers written by Jaideep Saikia and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Insecurity State written by Mark Condos and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative examination of how the British colonial experience in India was shaped by chronic unease, anxiety, and insecurity.
Download or read book Frontier Gothic written by David Mogen and published by Rutherford, N.J. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses. This book was released on 1993 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of thirteen essays on American literature and culture defines and examines a gothic tradition in frontier writing. As the imaginative border between the known and the unknown, the frontier subject has provided a bridge to gothic domains and has been used by writers from every period in American history to explore social, ethnic, and gender frontiers, as well as frontiers of art and language. The frontier gothic world, for all of its ambiguity and ambivalence, is nevertheless immanent, palpable, and undeniably present, and it impinges significantly upon the conventional world, forcing that world to change, to adapt, to transform itself or be destroyed. The essays consider canonical writers such as Brockden Brown, Cooper, Hawthorne, Poe, and Melville; they also discuss Mary Wilkins Freeman, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edward Abbey, William Gibson, Gerald Vizenor, Leslie Silko, and Rudolfo Anaya. Also included is a previously uncollected short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Giant Wistaria," discussed by essayist Gary Scharnhorst as "A Hieroglyph of the Female Frontier Gothic." In American literature, the frontier gothic tradition expresses the spirit of a nation proud of its pragmatic realism and hungry for romance, vigorously pursuing a manifest destiny in the light of day, yet troubled and enraptured by gothic intimations of twilight apparitions, midnight curses, and the demons that haunt the last hour before dawn.
Download or read book Frontiers of Terror written by Friedrich Glombowski and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fragile Frontiers written by Saroj Kumar Rath and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical questions remain unanswered on the events of the cold-blooded and devastating terror attacks in Mumbai on 26 November 2008. Investigative and introspective, this book offers a lucid and graphic account of the ill-fated day and traces the changing dynamics of terror in South Asia. Using new insights, it explores South Asia’s regional dynamics of antagonism, the ever-present challenge to the frontiers of India, Pakistan and the terrorism question, the strife in Afghanistan and the self-serving selective US ‘war on terror’. This will be an engaging read for those interested in defence, security and strategic studies, politics, international relations, peace and conflict studies, and South Asian studies as well as the general reader.
Download or read book Terror in the Balance written by Eric A. Posner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Terror in the Balance, Posner and Vermeule take on civil libertarians of both the left and the right, arguing that the government should be given wide latitude to adjust policy and liberties in the times of emergency. They emphasize the virtues of unilateral executive actions and argue for making extensive powers available to the executive as warranted. At a time when the 'struggle against violent extremism' dominates the United States' agenda, this important and controversial work will spark discussion in the classroom and intellectual press alike.
Download or read book Blood on the Ohio written by Fritz Zimmerman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 75 Chilling Stories of the Ohio Frontier. Forgotten stories of bravery and heroism. Daniel Boone's Daughters Captured by Indians The Bravery of Elizabeth Zane The Mass Execution of the Residents of Greenbrier County, West Virginia The Bravery of George Baker Saves His Wife and Three Children From the Tomahawk. Mass Murder of the Peaceful Indian Village of Bulltown Wholesale Murder of Innocent Indians Results in Deadly Reprisals. The Revolution Disrupts the Fragile Peace With The Shawnee Resulting in Renewed Attacks on the Kentucky Frontier Hamilton the "Hair Buyer" Sends Out War Parties to the Kentucky Frontier Settlements The attack on Fort Henry in Present Day Wheeling, West Virginia. 1777 the"Bloody Year" Kentucky Under Siege General Clark's Diary of Hostilities in Kentucky Horror Ensues at the Cunningham Cabin The Grigby Farm Plundered. Wife and Small Child Tomahawked and Scalped The Slaying of Mr. Coon's Daughter 33 Men Hold Off 380 Indians at Fort Henry, West Virginia Relief of Fort Henry: The Terrible Carnage is Revealed. Captain Foreman's Relief Army for Wheeling is Annihilated Butchery on the Cheat River and the Escape of Mrs. Morgan Simon Kenton Taken Prisoner in Brown County, Ohio The Capture of the Little Johnson Brothers and Their Killing and Escape From Their Captors. The Kidnapping of the Anderson Brothers 70 Men Slaughtered Under Major Rodgers at Kentucky's Licking River Murders on Raccoon Creek, Pennsylvania The Murder of Thomas Campbell and Baby The Cold Blooded Murder of John Van Meters Wife, Infant, and Fifteen-Year-Old Daughter. The Second Siege of Fort Henry, West Virginia Fight to the Death with a Giant Home Invasion in Harrison County, W.V. Carnage on an Ohio River Keel Boat Mrs. Cunningham Watches Her Four Children Murdered and Scalped Before Being Taken Captive. The Capture and Harrowing Rescue of John Wetzel Tecumseh, Witnesses the Burning of a Captive The Horrific Story of the Murder and Torture of the Moore Family Carnage on Hacker's Creek West Virginia Four Children Murdered, Scalped and Bodies Placed to Form a Cross. Poor Woman Who is Tomahawked and Scalped Lives Long Enough to Give Birth to a Healthy Child Tragedy of the Killing of Amos Wood and his Son (Kentucky) The Glass Farm Tyranny The Purdy Family Butchered in Their Cabin Indian Retaliation the Moravian Massacre - The First Actor in the Tragedy, The Last Victim of Vengeance Tales from Harrison County, West Virginia Neil Washburn's First Scalp The Mystery Indian Girl Warning The Execution of the Crow Sisters Early Cincinnati Ohio, A Dangerous Place A Tomahawk For the Brave Teen Boys Murder Their Captors and the Mystery of the Bag of Gold Capture and Escape of Moses Hewitt Adventures of Neil Washburn Ambushed, with Death Cheated by Mother's Milk The Escape and Rescue of "Hannah the Witch."
Download or read book War Coups and Terror written by Brian Cloughley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, Pakistan has changed from being a state of regional strategic significance to one of major global importance. Its geographical position and delicate religious mix, coupled with a complex political structure and its status as a nuclear power, have ensured that its actions—and inactions—have attracted close scrutiny since 9/11 and the declaration of the 'War on Terror.' Yet there remains widespread dis-agreement among political and military analysts as to the real position of this enigmatic nation. In War, Coups, and Terror, Brian Cloughley explores the underbelly of Pakistan's military and its controversial role within the Pakistani government since Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto came to power in 1971. An insider with links to Pakistan's past and present senior officers, Cloughley provides a unique insight into the Army's influence and position as a force in the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban, as well as an account of operations against the 2003-2004 tribal uprising. His coverage of military-political relations will fascinate those who seek a closer understanding of this enigmatic and complex country, its ambitions, affiliations, and loyalties.
Download or read book Frontiers Past and Future written by Carl Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abbott offers a fruitful new way to read science fiction, one that also greatly enriches our understanding of western history and its impact on our collective imagination. Detailing the overlap of science fiction and western fiction - especially relating to their mutual interest in and concerns about frontier expansionism - he reveals an unsuspected common ground that informs the writings of both camps." "Reviewing the work of many Hugo and Nebula Award winners, as well as drawing upon popular film and television series (like the Buck Rogers serials), Abbott's study journeys across the far reaches of science fiction's universe."
Download or read book The Triple Frontier written by Marc Cameron and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a zone of lawlessness, vengeance has no borders…An action-packed novella by the New York Times-bestselling author of Tom Clancy Power and Empire. It’s called the Triple Frontier—the volatile border zone between Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina, one of the most lawless and deadly regions in the world. It’s a corrupt sanctuary where drug lords, Middle Eastern terrorists, slave traders, and dozens of other violent gangs operate with little or no interference from the law. For special agent Jericho Quinn, it’s the crossroads of hell. Especially when his younger brother Bo gets caught in the fire. Enlisted to protect the son of an IT mogul on a South American trip, Bo and his crew disappear after being kidnapped by a ruthless cartel. Jericho amasses a cartel of his own to take on the most vicious criminals on earth—far from home, without U.S. government sanction, and without mercy. Mess with the bull, you get the horns—Jericho Quinn style… “A formidable warrior readers will want to see more of.”—Publishers Weekly
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to the American Revolution written by Alan Axelrod and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're no idiot, of course. You know the American Revolution started when those guys in Boston threw some tea off a boat. Or was it when Paul Revere made his famous ride? Let's face it: when it comes to knowing about our nation's struggle for independence, our grade-school memories are about as trustworthy as Benedict Arnold. Don't blush red (or white, or blue) yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the American Revolution is an authoritative overview of the conflict, filled with little-known facts that will enlighten even the most educated history buff. In this Complete Idiot's Guide®, you get:
Download or read book American National Security and Civil Liberties in an Era of Terrorism written by D. Cohen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-04-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of the ongoing war against terrorism, can the United States maintain its dedication to protecting civil liberties without compromising security? At stake is nothing less than the survival of ideas associated with the modern period of political philosophy: the freedom of conscience, the inviolable rights of the individual to privacy, the constitutionally limited state, as well as the more recent refinement of late modern liberalism, multiculturalism. Contributors evaluate the need to reassess the nation's public policies, institutions, as well as its very identity. The struggle to persist as an open society in the age of terrorism will be the defining test of democracy in the Twenty-first-century.
Download or read book Charles Brockden Brown written by Alan Axelrod and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Brockden Brown: An American Tale is the first comprehensive literary, biographical, and cultural study of the novelist whom critic Leslie Fiedler has dubbed "the inventor of the American writer." The author of Wieland, Arthur Mervyn, Ormond, and Edgar Huntly, Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) is considered the first American professional author. He introduced Indian characters into American fiction. His keen interest in character delineation and abnormal psychology anticipates the stories of Poe, Hawthorne, and later masters of the psychological novel. Brown was eager to establish for himself an American identity as a writer, to become what Crèvecoeur called "the new man in the New World." It is especially this intimate identification of writer with country that makes Brown a telling precursor of our most characteristic authors from Poe, Hawthorne, and Cooper to Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner. To understand its significance, Brown's work must be examined as both art and artifact. Accordingly, Charles Brockden Brown: An American Tale is literary history as well as criticism, embued with insights into a writer's sources and influences and the psychology of literary composition. It is also a fascinating examination of a nation's emotional and intellectual impact on a young man in search of his identity as creative artist.
Download or read book World Terrorism An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post 9 11 Era written by James Ciment and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 993 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2015. This collection holds three volumes. Terrorism is a term that defies easy definition and its meaning has also changed over the course of history. Because this encyclopedia aims at comprehensiveness —across time, geography, and the conceptual landscape —it applies the broadest definition of terrorism: the use of violence or the threat of violence to effect political change through fear, in which the victims of the violence. The encyclopedia is divided into six parts.
Download or read book Clinton New Terrorism and the Origins of the War on Terror written by Chin-Kuei Tsui and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frequent assumption of the American-led ‘war on terror’ and its accompanying discourse originated largely with the George W. Bush Administration, and that there was a counterterrorism policy revolution in the U.S. political arena. Challenging these assumptions, through a genealogical analysis of U.S. terrorism and counterterrorism discourses, this book demonstrates a distinct continuity (and lack of change) of U.S. counterterrorism policy, from Ronald Reagan, to Bill Clinton, and through to George W. Bush. The book focuses on President Clinton’s discursive construction of ‘new terrorism’, or ‘catastrophic terrorism’, and the counterterrorism practices implemented by the Clinton Administration, while simultaneously comparing it with President Reagan’s and President George W. Bush’s approaches to counterterrorism. It shows how the war on terror can be traced to earlier periods, and that the so-called Bush revolution was largely built upon the existing framework established by President Reagan and President Clinton. Prior to the 2001 terrorist attacks, Clinton had expanded Reagan’s first ‘war on terrorism’ discourse and constructed the ‘new terrorism’ discourse, characterised by the notions of borderless threats, ‘home-grown’ terrorism, WMD-terrorism, cyberterrorism, and rogue states. Clinton’s ‘new terrorism’ discourse provided a useful framework for George W. Bush to discursively respond to the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Aiming to uncover the myth of President George W. Bush’s foreign policy revolution and contribute to a deeper historical understanding of the U.S.-led war on terror, it will be of great use to postgraduates and scholars of US foreign policy, security studies and terrorism studies.
