To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face : Libertarian Political Violence and the Origins of the Militia Movement.
Churchill, Robert H.
To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face : Libertarian Political Violence and the Origins of the Militia Movement. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (385 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One -- 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 -- Part Two -- 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 -- Part Three -- 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 -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index.
Did a long-standing and libertarian understanding of the American Revolution create the perfect climate for the militia movement in the United States?.
9780472027460
Militia movements--United States--History.
Radicalism--United States--History.
Government, Resistance to--United States--History.
Electronic books.
HN90.R3 C485 2009
322.4/20973
To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face : Libertarian Political Violence and the Origins of the Militia Movement. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (385 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One -- 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 -- Part Two -- 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 -- Part Three -- 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 -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index.
Did a long-standing and libertarian understanding of the American Revolution create the perfect climate for the militia movement in the United States?.
9780472027460
Militia movements--United States--History.
Radicalism--United States--History.
Government, Resistance to--United States--History.
Electronic books.
HN90.R3 C485 2009
322.4/20973