radicalism

"The year 1968 is recalled most of all as a year when revolution beckoned or threatened. On the 50th anniversary of that tumultuous year, cultural historians Robert Cottrell and Blaine T. Browne provide a well-informed, up-to-date synthesis of the events that rocked the world, emphasizing the revolutionary possibilities"--Provided by publisher.

Uncovers the history of the radical right in the United States, and the movement that altered the rules of democratic government and citizenry.

"What does it mean to live for your ideals...and to risk dying for them? This book tells the story of young American radicals who sensed a moment of unprecedented promise for American life--politically, socially, culturally--and struggled to bring it about, only to see a cataclysmic war sweep it away. Based on six years of extensive archival research, Jeremy McCarter's ... narrative brings to life the adventures of Randolph Bourne, a cerebral hunchbacked writer, Max Eastman, an activist editor, Walter Lippmann, a slippery political operative, Alice Paul, a trailblazing suffragette, and John Reed, a Communist journalist. It evokes the America they fought to create in the early 20th century, one that young radicals are still fighting to create in the 21st, through movements such as Occupy and Black Lives Matter"--.

"An explosive account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and the violent homegrown revolutionary movements of the 1970s."--Provided by publisher.

As the 1960s drew to a close, the United States was coming apart at the seams. From August 1969 to August 1970, the nation witnessed nine thousand protests and eighty-four acts of arson or bombings at schools across the country. It was the year of the My Lai massacre investigation, the Cambodia invasion, Woodstock, and the Moratorium to End the War. The American death toll in Vietnam was approaching fifty thousand, and the ascendant counterculture was challenging nearly every aspect of American society. Witness to the Revolution, Clara Bingham?s unique oral history of that tumultuous time, unveils anew that moment when America careened to the brink of a civil war at home, as it fought a long, futile war abroad.

Pat O'Toole has always idolized his older brother, Coop, right up until the day Coop ran away from their home just outside Washington, D.C. Now, a year later, he has received a package containing a digital voice recorder and a cryptic message from his brother, which will lead Pat on a strange and dangerous journey to the mysterious Community living beneath the streets of New York.

Contains nine essays in which scholars explore the results of the American Revolution, looking at the conflict from the vantage points of the elites and the yeomen farmers, examining the ways in which liberty was appropriated, and discussing the kinds of radicalism that arose late in the revolutionary era due to a frustration that the war had not brought about promised changes.

Outlines the leadership structure, strategies, tactics, and recruitment methods of the Islamic terrorist group known as ISIS. Also addresses the lineage of the group, its ideological differences and rivalry with al-Qa'ida, and how its rapid growth has been facilitated by twentieth-first century technology.

Collection of articles analyzing the 1960s, focusing on the actions of social protest movements, and argues that the new left and counterculture produced a coherent body of critical thought about the nature of American society.