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This job explains the genesis of US terrorist extremism and what seems to be the principal drivers behind US political violence seen in the past 200 years.

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US terrorist extremism is analyzed. What seems to be the principal drivers behind United States political violence over the past 200 years.

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A good starting point was understanding this essay would be the book by Christopher Hewitt 'Political violence and Terrorism in Modern America' on modern political violence in America. In it he goes through a chronology of terrorist events in the United States between 1954 and 2005. He considers: "...acts of bombing, shooting, kidnapping, and robbery; groups include black militant, anti-abortion, Jewish, and other groups (foreign and domestic)" (from a review of the book, (published by Prager Security international reference, 2005).

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