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Defining Danger - American Assassins and the New Domestic Terrorists (Hardcover)
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Defining Danger - American Assassins and the New Domestic Terrorists (Hardcover)
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Since 1789, when George Washington became the first president of
the United States, forty-three men have held the nation's highest
office. Four were killed by assassins, and serious attempts were
made on the lives of eight others. Add to that list the names of
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, and it is reasonable to
conclude that political prominence in the United States entails
grave risks. In "Defining Danger", James W. Clarke explores the
cultural and psychological linkages that define assassinations and
a new era of domestic terrorism in America. Clarke notes an upsurge
in political violence beginning with the assassination of John F.
Kennedy in 1963. Since then, there have been ten assassination
attempts on nationally prominent political leaders. That is two
more than the eight recorded in the previous 174 years of the
nation's presidential history. New elements of domestic terror in
American life were introduced in the 1990s by Timothy McVeigh, the
"Oklahoma City Bomber," Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber," and Eric
Rudolph, the abortion clinic bomber. These men were politically
motivated; their crimes unprecedented. These events and the
perpetrators behind them are the subjects of this book. The volume
conveys two central themes. The first is that individual acts of
violence directed toward America's democratically elected leaders
represent a defining element of American politics. The second
addresses how danger is defined, through an analysis of the motives
and characteristics of twenty-one perpetrators responsible for
these acts of political violence where shots were fired, or bombs
detonated, and, in most instances, victims died. The importance and
originality of this material have been acknowledged in
presentations to and consultations with the U.S. Secret Service and
some of the nation's top independent private investigators. It is
written in an accessible and engaging style that will appeal to the
informed general reader, as well as to professionals in a variety
of fields - especially in the wake of recent events and the specter
of future violence that, sadly, haunts us all.
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