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Extremism in America: A Reader is a book edited by Lyman Tower Sargent (a professor of political science).It is an anthology presenting various political, economic and social ideas, creeds and platforms of people and groups which Sargent labels left-wing or right-wing American extremists as displayed in his selection of their documents.
The book also ties McVeigh and those same influences to the radical right politics and the sometimes violent right-wing extremism of today's postmodern United States. It was written by Jeffrey Toobin and published in 2023 by Simon & Schuster .
The unimaginable — a modern U.S. civil war — gains considerable clarity and alarming proximity in the documentary “Against All Enemies,” about the continuing rise of far-right extremist ...
The United States legal definition of terrorism excludes acts done by recognized states. [10] [11] According to U.S. law (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)(2)) [12] terrorism is defined as "premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience".
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the past and present terrorism in the United States: . Although terrorism has been given several different definitions, it is most commonly defined as the use of violence to achieve political goals.
Carrying a gun, for example, is more likely to be understood as violent when Black Americans do it. No other major country in the world locks up as large a share of its population as we do. About ...
None of these assassins were part of violent militia groups; they all acted alone. They were, however, symptoms of the larger history of violence in the country.
The authors propose a definition of "extremism" based on "the behavioral model" ("defined in terms of certain behaviors, particularly behavior toward other human beings"), passing up the "normative or "statistical" way" (framing the spectrum on a linear scale, a "bell curve") and the "popularity contest" theory ("social definition agreed upon ...