American Fanatics Elizabeth J. Griesel Italian tanks formed a large

Italian tanks formed a large part of the Axis armored force that the Allies confronted--and ultimately defeated--in North Africa in World War II

Richard travels to Paris to report to John Paul Jones

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newspaperman Ber Kutscher threw himself into the city's vibrant Jewish arts and culture scene from the headquarters of the Association of Jewish Writers and Journalists at Tlomkatse 13

American Fanatics Elizabeth J. Griesel Italian tanks formed a largeShows how religious fanaticism became a tool used to police subversive and targeted religions at home and abroad In 1822, Thomas Jefferson wrote that the "atmosphere of our country is unquestionably charged with a threatening cloud of fanaticism." Indeed, during the nineteenth century the United States was full of radical theologies, messiahs, utopian dreams, passionate exhortations, and sacred violence. This book seeks to uncover the history,