radicalism

Collects thirteen essays on various themes relating to the counterculture in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s, covering cultural politics, racial and sexual identity, media and popular culture, and different ways of deconditioning the human mind.

Traces the history of McCarthyism in the United States from the 1940s to the mid-1960s through a selection of historical documents, including speeches, letters, memoirs, congressional hearings, executive orders, and others.

Presents twenty-four essays that discuss militias in the United States.

Contains profiles of seventy-five extremist groups, most of which are active in some form in the twenty-first century, providing insights into their history, philosophy, and motivations; arranged alphabetically from A to K, with a glossary and index.

Contains profiles of seventy-five extremist groups, most of which are active in some form in the twenty-first century, providing insights into their history, philosophy, and motivations; arranged alphabetically from L to Z, with a glossary and index.

In hiding from the Soldiers of God, the Oklahoma antigovernment militia group whose members have now turned against him and his parents, a fifteen-year-old boy remembers what it was like to grow up among them.

Trace the history of the struggle between the political left and right in Los Angeles, California, from 1884 to 1965, introduces notable people on both sides of the divide, and includes accounts of violent events that have occurred as a result.

The author, who was raised in a quiet Muslim community in London, describes his experiences as an Islamist radical from his teens into his early twenties.

In turn-of-the-century London, an undercover, counter-revolutionary mole provokes a radical group he has penetrated into an act of violence that will bring about its own destruction.

Contents: What is the relationship between religion and extremist acts? - Terrorism is an inherent aspect of Islamic extremism - Terrorism is not an inherent aspect of Islamic extremism - Terrorism is practiced by non-Muslims - The Christian Right is extremist - The Christian Right is not extremist - What motivates Islamic extremists? - Islamic extremists are motivated by moral disgust - Islamic extremists are motivated by social and psychological needs - Islamic jihad requires killing the enemy - Suicide bombers are motivated by social rather than religious injustice - How can extremism be countered? - Extremists can be persuaded to change - Extremists cannot be persuaded to change - Fundamentalist Islamic schools teach extremism - Islamic schools can counter extremism - How is extremism apparent in the United States? - Extremist animal rights activists are terrorists - Extremist animal rights activists are not terrorists - Extremist pro-life groups are responsible for the murder of George Tiller - Extremist pro-life groups are not responsible for the murder of George Tiller - Pro-life extremists are characterized by a fanatical commitment.