Why read In the Name of God and Country?

Book cover of In the Name of God and Country: Reconsidering Terrorism in American History

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With insight and originality, Michael Fellman argues that terrorism, in various forms, has been a constant and driving force in American history. In part, this is due to the nature of American republicanism and Protestant Christianity, which he believes contain a core of moral absolutism and self-righteousness that perpetrators of…

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Randall D. Law

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I think Fellman’s book is hands down the best work on the history of terrorism in the United States, even though he only covers the period from John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry to the American suppression of the Philippine Insurgency in 1899-1902.

The book is scrupulously sourced like an academic work, but the writing is clear, fluid, and utterly compelling. I found myself putting the book down every few pages to ruminate on the illuminating connections Fellman draws between past and present.

This book allowed me to see all too clearly the ways in which terrorism is not something…

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