Assassins America
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Assassins America
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Author : Jessica Gunderson
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2018-03-01
Assassins America written by Jessica Gunderson and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Abraham Lincoln watched a play. James Garfield walked through a train station. William McKinley shook hands with his public. John Kennedy smiled and waved from a motorcade. In these moments shots rang out and four presidents suffered mortal wounds. Some say their assassins were calculating killers. Others say they were madmen guided by strange notions of the world. Assassins' America examines the lives of each killer and his victim. Their stories are full of twists and mysteries, and even today Americans live with lasting effects of these terrible crimes.
Assassin The True Story Of One Of America S Most Successful Assassins
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Author : Robert J. Firth
language : en
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Release Date : 2017-10-29
Assassin The True Story Of One Of America S Most Successful Assassins written by Robert J. Firth and has been published by eBookIt.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-29 with Fiction categories.
This is a factual, no-nonsense book as told by a professional American assassin. The stories he tells are descriptions of true events with only a few names changed for obvious reasons. The author pulls no punches and never softens the story to make it more palatable. What you will read describes accurately the preparation, dedication, training and mind-set of a man and his associates who kill America's enemies for a living.
Princeton
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Author : Princeton University Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982-09-21
Princeton written by Princeton University Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-09-21 with categories.
The Description for this book, American Assassins: The Darker Side of Politics, will be forthcoming.
American Assassins
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Author : James W. Clarke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
American Assassins written by James W. Clarke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Assassins categories.
From Richard Lawrence, who attempted to shoot President Andrew Jackson in 1835, to the assailants of contemporary American political leaders, this book probes the lives of sixteen individuals who tried to kill or did kill our presidents and other prominent politicians. Lawrence, who misfired two pistols one after the other at a frail and elderly Jackson, thought himself to be King Richard III of England. He was so obviously insane that he was acquitted of his crime, to spend the rest of his life in a mental institution. What of the other assassins? asks James W. Clarke. Was John Wilkes Booth nothing other than a crazy actor, motivated by an insanely jealous desire for fame and recognition? Were the anarchist beliefs of McKinley's assassin, Leon Czolgosz, the delusions of a madman? Can Sirhan Sirhan's Arab nationalism be dismissed as an expression of oedipal conflict? In studies of the sixteen assassins and would-be assassins, Professor Clarke introduces evidence of real differences among men and women who until now have been lumped together under the rubric of what the author calls a pathological theory of assassination. With assassination attempts increasing dramatically in number, this book clarifies our thinking about an important subject: social commentators--historians, psychiatrists, and journalists--have been mistaken in categorizing all the attackers as delusional, deranged, or schizophrenic. It is comforting to ignore the political experience of the violent people considered in this book and to apply the label of severe mental illness to anyone seeking to harm an important political leader. Professor Clarke deprives us of that comfort by considering the actions of his subjects in their cultural, political, and social contexts and by treating not only their subjective realities but the objective historical circumstances they faced. He draws on a wide range of primary sources to convey a mood in each case that contributes to an understanding of the attacker and the times in which he lived. Emphasizing the differences among his subjects, he classifies them into four basic psychological types that summarize patterns in their behavior and make important distinctions among their emotional and cognitive characteristics. Professor Clarke ends his book with a series of searching questions about the effects of media coverage of assassination attempts and about our methods of protecting the safety of our political leaders. He concludes that the social costs of domestic surveillance would outweigh its dubious benefits but that confiscation of handguns is imperative to reduce the increasing occurrence of assassinations.
Defining Danger
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Author : James W Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-02-06
Defining Danger written by James W Clarke and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with categories.
Since 1789, when George Washington became the first president of the United States, forty-three men have held the nation's highest office. Four were killed by assassins, and serious attempts were made on the lives of eight others. Add to that list the names of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, and it is reasonable to conclude that political prominence in the United States entails grave risks. In "Defining Danger", James W. Clarke explores the cultural and psychological linkages that define assassinations and a new era of domestic terrorism in America. Clarke notes an upsurge in political violence beginning with the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. Since then, there have been ten assassination attempts on nationally prominent political leaders. That is two more than the eight recorded in the previous 174 years of the nation's presidential history. New elements of domestic terror in American life were introduced in the 1990s by Timothy McVeigh, the "Oklahoma City Bomber," Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber," and Eric Rudolph, the abortion clinic bomber. These men were politically motivated; their crimes unprecedented. These events and the perpetrators behind them are the subjects of this book. The volume conveys two central themes. The first is that individual acts of violence directed toward America's democratically elected leaders represent a defining element of American politics. The second addresses how danger is defined, through an analysis of the motives and characteristics of twenty-one perpetrators responsible for these acts of political violence where shots were fired, or bombs detonated, and, in most instances, victims died. The importance and originality of this material have been acknowledged in presentations to and consultations with the U.S. Secret Service and some of the nation's top independent private investigators. It is written in an accessible and engaging style that will appeal to the informed general reader, as well as to professionals in a variety of fields - especially in the wake of recent events and the specter of future violence that, sadly, haunts us all.
The Assassins Gate
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Author : George Packer
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2014-05-06
The Assassins Gate written by George Packer and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-06 with Political Science categories.
Named One of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review Named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, TheSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Los Angeles Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine. Winner of the Overseas Press Club’s Cornelius Ryan Award for Best Nonfiction Book on International Affairs Winner of the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. It brings to life the people and ideas that created the Bush administration's war policy and led America to the Assassins' Gate—the main point of entry into the American zone in Baghdad. The Assassins' Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier's family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer's best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America's most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.
Assassination In America
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Author : James McKinley
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1977
Assassination In America written by James McKinley and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Social Science categories.
Examines the background circumstances, personalitites, and events involved in the murders or attempted murders of Lincoln, Garfield, Cermak, John and Robert Kennedy, King, and other important Americans.
American Assassin
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Author : Vince Flynn
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-08-30
American Assassin written by Vince Flynn and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-30 with Fiction categories.
Follow Mitch Rapp, as he takes on his first explosive counterterrorism assignment.
Presidential Assassins
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Author : Patricia D. Netzley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-09
Presidential Assassins written by Patricia D. Netzley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09 with History categories.
Traces the lives and motives of American assassins or would-be assassins and their impact on history.
Political Assassins Terrorists And Related Conspiracies In American History
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Author : Scott P. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-11-11
Political Assassins Terrorists And Related Conspiracies In American History written by Scott P. Johnson and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-11 with Political Science categories.
Political assassinations and terrorism have both outraged and fascinated the public throughout American history, particularly in the modern era. Providing biographical summaries of more than 100 assassins and terrorists, this book aims at a more complete understanding of the motivations behind violent extremism. The lives of the subjects are analyzed with a focus on psychological and ideological factors, along with details of investigations and criminal trials. Conspiracy theories are evaluated for credibility. Social media features prominently in explaining political violence by members of extremist groups in the 21st century, including radical Islamic terrorists, anti-abortion activists and white supremacists.