domestic terrorism

On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside the Norwegian prime minister's office in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the wooded island of Ut?ya, where he killed sixty-nine more, most of them teenage members of the country's governing Labour Party. In One of Us, the journalist ?sne Seierstad tells the story of this terrible day and its reverberations. How did Breivik, a gifted child from an affluent neighborhood in Oslo, become Europe's most reviled terrorist? How did he accomplish an astonishing one-man murder spree? And how did a famously peaceful and prosperous country cope with the slaughter of so many of its young?.

On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside the Norwegian prime minister's office in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the wooded island of Ut?ya, where he killed sixty-nine more, most of them teenage members of the country's governing Labour Party. How did Breivik, a gifted child from an affluent neighborhood in Oslo, become Europe's most reviled terrorist? How did he accomplish an astonishing one-man murder spree? And how did a famously peaceful and prosperous country cope with the slaughter of so many of its young?.

A collection of essays that provides varying perspectives on issues related to domestic terrorism and national security.

Presents the argument that the United States populace has become obsessed with the term "terrorism" and has been blind to America's own forms of terrorism abroad and in its social fabric at home. Explores the idea that violence and lawlessness have become normative in the U.S. and are even seen as organizing principles of life. Offers ideas for reversing this trend and recreating American politics in a less violent nature.

Readers are exposed to many sides of a debate, which promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking concerning domestic terrorism.

Explores domestic terrorism as it is defined in the United States and how it is being combated.

Presents an account of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, and provides information on the history of anti-government terrorism in the United States. Includes time line.

Provides an account of the terrorist bombing on Wall Street in September 1920, in which thirty-eight people died, and the nationwide search for those believed to be responsible.

The broadest possible understanding of the Oklahoma City bombing comes from exploring multiple perspectives, from different time periods, different cultures and different ideologies.

Describes various traits and behaviors that can be seen in terrorists.