ISBN:
9781631440717
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (382 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
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Print version Martinez, J. Michael Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History : The Lasting Effects of Gun Violence Against American Political Leaders
DDC:
303.60973
Keywords:
Assassins
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Attempted assassination History
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Assassination History
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Politicians Assassination attempts
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Political violence History
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Presidents Assassination attempts
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Presidents Assassination
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Political violence-United States-History
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Presidents-Assassination-United States
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Presidents-Assassination attempts-United States
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Political violence-United States-History
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Presidents-Assassination attempts-United States
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Presidents-Assassination-United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Photographs -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Type 1 Actors -- Chapter 1: âSic Semper Tyrannisâ: Abraham Lincoln (1865) -- Chapter 2: âI Killed the President for the Good of the Laboring People, the Good People. I Am Not Sorry For My Crimeâ: William McKinley (1901) -- Chapter 3: âI Saw MurderâNo, Not Murder, a Thousand Times Worse Than MurderâI Saw Anarchy Wave Its First Bloody Triumph in Idahoâ: Frank Steunenberg (1905) -- Chapter 4: âIt All Happened So Rapidly. I Didnât Really Know What the Hell Was Going Onâ: Harry S. Truman (1950) -- Chapter 5: âRFK Must Dieâ: Robert F. Kennedy (1968) -- Part II: Type 2 Actors -- Chapter 6: âItâs Just That We Will Never Be Young Againâ: John F. Kennedy (1963) -- Chapter 7: âWhoever Dies in Project Pandoraâs Box Will Be Directly Attributable to the Watergate Scandalâ: Richard M. Nixon (1974) -- Chapter 8: âThe Security Was So Stupid. It Was Like an Invitationâ: Gerald R. Ford (1975) -- Chapter 9: âAt Least Give Me the Chance, with This Historical Deed, to Gain Your Respect and Loveâ: Ronald Reagan (1981) -- Part III: Type 3 Actors -- Chapter 10: âI Have the Gun in My Hand. I Kill Kings and Presidents First and Next All Capitalistsâ: Anton Cermak (1933) -- Chapter 11: âLooking Back on My Life, I Would Have Liked It If Society Had Protected Me from Myselfâ: George C. Wallace (1972) -- Chapter 12: âIâve Never Killed a Person Who Was Undeserving of Itâ: John H. Wood, Jr. (1979) -- Part IV: Type 4 Actors -- Chapter 13: âLet Me Go, GentlemenâI Am Not AfraidâThey Canât Kill MeâI Can Protect Myselfâ: Andrew Jackson (1835)
Abstract:
Chapter 14: âI Shot the President as I Would a Rebel, If I Saw Him Pulling Down the American Flag. I Leave My Justification to God and the American Peopleâ: James A. Garfield (1881) -- Chapter 15: âLock Me Up -- I Am the Man Who Shot the Mayorâ: Carter Harrison, Sr. (1893) -- Chapter 16: âI Donât Know Whether You Fully Understand That I Have Just Been Shot -- But It Takes More Than That to Kill a Bull Mooseâ: Theodore Roosevelt (1912) -- Chapter 17: âHeâs Been Controlling My Mind for Years. Now Iâve Put an End to Itâ: Allard K. Lowenstein (1980) -- Chapter 18: âI Believe That for All Our Imperfections, We Are Full of Decency and Goodness, and That the Forces That Divide Us Are Not as Strong as Those That Unite Usâ: Gabrielle Giffords (2011) -- Part V: Unknown or Mixed Motives -- Chapter 19: âOh Lord, My God, Is There No Help for a Widowâs Son?â: Joseph Smith, Jr. (1844) -- Chapter 20: âI Ask No Quarter and I Fear No Foeâ: William Goebel (1900) -- Chapter 21: âEvery Man a King, but No One Wears a Crownâ: Huey P. Long (1935) -- Chapter 22: âI Live like a Man Whoâs Already Deadâ: Malcolm X (1965) -- Chapter 23: âI May Not Get There With You. But I Want You to Know Tonight, That We as a People, Will Get to the Promised Landâ: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968) -- Chapter 24: âIf You See Me as Your Savior, Iâll Be Your Savior. If You See Me as Your God, Iâll Be Your Godâ: Leo Ryan (1978) -- Chapter 25: âWeâve Said All Along There Were Three Victims in This. Today Dan White Became the Third Victimâ: George Moscone and Harvey Milk (1978) -- Part VI: Conclusion -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author
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