Facing Terror: The Government's Response to Contemporary Extremists in America [Paperback]

Jim Rodgers (Author), Tim Kullman (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0761822151 | ISBN-13: 978-0761822158 | Publication Date: February 1, 2002

Facing Terror is an interdisciplinary effort to examine the sociopolitical roots and consequences of radical right extremism and domestic terrorism in the United States. This work is an analytical treatment of contemporary domestic terrorism and the groups and leaders associated with such extremism. Presented and organized in textbook form, complete with instructional aids, authors Jim Rodgers and Tim Kullman incorporate the social science model of system's based, policy analysis in the study of American policy responses to domestic terrorism from 1970 to the present. Rodgers and Kullman present a tremendous amount of historical and contemporary research on domestic extremism in responses presented in the text. They provide the student with a complete but concise examination of domestic terrorism with an eye toward the future, through the presentation of concrete options and suggestions for change in how domestic terrorism issues are dealt with.

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'Facing Terror' is a very straightforward, informative, and educational work that introduces the reader to the nature of terrorism and those who perpetrate it. . . a sober, seminal, groundbreaking work, highly recommended for Contemporary Social Issuesand Political Science reading lists and academic reference collections.>>> (Wisconsin Bookwatch )

'Facing Terror' is a very straightforward, informative, and educational work that introduces the reader to the nature of terrorism and those who perpetrate it. . . a sober, seminal, groundbreaking work, highly recommended for Contemporary Social Issues and Political Science reading lists and academic reference collections. (Wisconsin Bookwatch )

About the Author

Jim Rodgers is Professor of Political Science, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Tim Kullman is an Instructor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.

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• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of America (February 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761822151
• ISBN-13: 978-0761822158
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
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• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A very straightforward, informative, and educational work, July 12, 2002

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Collaboratively written by Jim Rodgers and Tim Kullman, Facing Terror: The Government's Response To Contemporary Extremists In America is a very straightforward, informative, and educational work that introduces the reader to the nature of terrorism and those who perpetrate it. Special focus is given to domestic terrorism in America, reflected by infamous American extremist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and by prominent individuals such as Timothy McVeigh and his associates in the Oklahoma City bombings, -- although broader incidences of international terrorism such as the September 11 attacks are also discussed. Facing Terror is a sober, seminal, ground breaking work, highly recommended for Contemporary Social Issues and Political Science reading lists and academic reference collections.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good source for understanding the roots of terrrorism, September 30, 2004

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This review is from: Facing Terror: The Government's Response to Contemporary Extremists in America (Paperback)

Serious concise report on the definitions, general classification, main driving economic factors in the rise and fall of many of the domestic terror groups, the main common features of terrorist individuals and organizations and the legislations that followed New York city, 1993 and Oklahoma City, 1995 terrorist events. This book is recommended as a handbook for any current course on understanding terrorism. The book is focused on domestic terrorism prior to 9/11.
Room for improvements: Page 8 while authors list of many "legitimate-examples of nation-state terrorism" including the US actions against Native American tribes 1820-1890 and CIA-backed coups, among UK, France, Germany, Austria in their colonial eras, and the old Soviet Union, however, fails to address the actions of the State of Israel under (state-terrorism). The authors mention the Pharoa's pursuit of the fleeing Israelites as an example of historical state terrorism. The book dose not attempt to recognize the difference in perception of terrorism vs. freedom fighting. There is incorrect translation of Hizboallah to "Islamic Holy War" instead of the Party of God, which may indicates a lack of expertise on international terrorism. Reference Aho, 1995 could not be found. Only Aho, 1990 and 1994.
Selected Quotations:
" Indeed one could argue, that based on the historical record, that nation-state terrorism has resulted in great loss of life and that it has been particularly vicious in many fronts."

"P27: Britism Israelism emergence after world war-The wiring of the Canadian (psychic) Richard Brothers, 1780s and the works of Scot John Wilson (1940s) gave the background for this school. It merged the religious story that "the ten so-called lost tribes of the ancient Kingdom of Israel were carried into Assyrian captivity 721 B.C. as in II Kings 17. the tribes found their way to freedom helped by prophet Jeremiah, among others made the journey to northern Europe and also the British Isles. The tribes Ephraim and Manasseh, inheritors of God's blessings through their father Joseph of Egypt, represent Britain and the US, respectively". The British-Israelism is a no mainstream theology that wedded biblical prophecy to secular pseudo history, "[it] reflected the 19th and 20th centuries impulses that fueled British Imperialism and American nationalism. " and went on to associate God's power and grace only with Anglo-Saxon people and God's punishment with people of color."