University Press of America Facing Terror: The Government's Response to Contemporary Extremists in America

Facing Terror is an interdisciplinary effort to examine the sociopolitical roots and consequences of radical right extremism and domestic terrorism in the United States. This work is an analytical treatment of contemporary domestic terrorism and the groups and leaders associated with such extremism. Presented and organized in textbook form, complete with instructional aids, authors Jim Rodgers and Tim Kullman incorporate the social science model of system's based, policy analysis in the study of American policy responses to domestic terrorism from 1970 to the present. Rodgers and Kullman present a tremendous amount of historical and contemporary research on domestic extremism in responses presented in the text. They provide the student with a complete but concise examination of domestic terrorism with an eye toward the future, through the presentation of concrete options and suggestions for change in how domestic terrorism issues are dealt with. Review 'Facing Terror' is a very straightforward, informative, and educational work that introduces the reader to the nature of terrorism and those who perpetrate it. . . a sober, seminal, groundbreaking work, highly recommended for Contemporary Social Issues and Political Science reading lists and academic reference collections.--Wisconsin Bookwatch About the Author Jim Rodgers is Professor of Political Science, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Tim Kullman is an Instructor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.