Crimes Against the State

<p><b>This work provides an authoritative survey of America's long and turbulent history of rebellion sedition and treason against government authority and institutions. </b> <p/><i>Crimes against the State </i>is an even-handed and illuminating one-stop resource for understanding acts of rebellion and sedition against government authorities and institutions throughout US history as well as the motivations driving those actions. Special care is taken to differentiate between hostile acts and actors that seek to overthrow or otherwise damage the state and/or targeted demographic groups through violence and acts and actors that seek to defy reform or improve laws and institutions of the state through nonviolent action. <p/>Within these pages readers will 1) learn how to differentiate between sedition insurrection treason domestic terrorism espionage and other acts meant to injure or overthrow the government; 2) gain a deeper understanding of laws policies and events that have aroused violent or nonviolent opposition; 3) gain insights into perspectives and motivations of individuals and organizations; and 4) learn about state responses to these challenges and threats from martial law to criminal prosecutions to new laws and reforms.</p>