To shake their guns in the tyrant's face : libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement / / Robert H. Churchill.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Churchill, Robert H.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiii, 370 p. :; ill., map.

Table of Contents

• The precedent of 1774: the role of insurgent violence in the political theory of the founding
• The revolution as living memory: Fries' Rebellion and The Alien and Sedition Act crisis of 1798-1800
• The libertarian memory of the revolution in the Antebellum Era
• The roots of modern patriotism: conscription, resistance, and the Sons of Liberty conspiracy of 1864
• Cleansing the memory of the revolution: Americanism, the black legion, and the first Brown Scare
• The making of the second Brown Scare: liberal pluralism and the evolution of the white supremacist right
• The origins of the militia movement: violence and memory on the suburban-rural frontier
• An exploration of militia ideology: the Whig diagnosis of post-Cold War America
• Epilogue: the defense of liberty in the age of terror.