{"product_id":"americas-use-of-terror-from-colonial-times-to-the-abomb-9780700628551","title":"Americas Use of Terror  From Colonial Times to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the first, America has considered itself as uniquely lighting the right way for the world. But it is hard to reconcile this picture, the very image of American exceptionalism, with what \u003cem\u003eAmerica's Use of Terror\u003c\/em\u003e shows us: that the United States has frequently resorted to acts of terror to solve its most challenging problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Huggins presents a compelling case that the United States has relied extensively on terror tactics throughout its history. Huggins offers a comprehensive account of the dark underside of American power both at home and abroad. This is an unSettling read, but \u003ci\u003eAmerica’s Use of Terror\u003c\/i\u003e should be required reading for all fair-minded, conscientious citizens. This book should appeal to a wide Audience of open-minded general readers, along with scholars and students of American history writ large.\" - Stephen F. Knott, author of \u003ci\u003eRush to Judgment: George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and His Critics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"\u003ci\u003eAmerica’s Use of Terror\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully confronts the trope that terrorism is only the tool of individual perpetrators or nonstate actors. Stephen Huggins mines our nation’s history to show how state terror, terror masked as prejudice, and terror in its military applications have shaped the nature and even the borders of our land. This book will move tongues and even raise eyebrows.\" - John Prados, author of \u003ci\u003eVietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War, 1945–1975\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51455993086295,"sku":"9780700628551","price":44.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780700628551.jpg?v=1755033360","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/americas-use-of-terror-from-colonial-times-to-the-abomb-9780700628551","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}