This third edition is a completely new book with the 12 chapters of this volume written specifically for it. The volume focuses on the issues that generate group violence. The contributors, four of whom contributed to the first edition, assess their views about the historical precedents and international parallels of American violence. There is a wealth of new evidence and theories that deepen our understanding about the sources of recurring conflict and the tenuous nature of consensus in American society.

Foreword to the 1988 EditionThe History of Protest, Rebellion, and Reform in America - Ted Robert Gurr An OverviewHistorical Patterns of Violence in America - Richard Maxwell BrownCollective Violence in European Perspective - Charles TillyProtest and Rebellion in the 1960s - Ted Robert Gurr The United States in World PerspectiveRight-Wing Extremism from the Ku Klux Klan to the Order, 1915 to 1988 - Eckard V Toy JrAmerican Indian Resistance and Protest - Jeanne GuilleminDomestic Violence and Americäs Wars - Robin Brooks An Historical InterpretationPolitical Terrorism in the United States - Ted Robert Gurr Historical Antecedents and Contemporary TrendsReturn to `Normalcy¿ - Gail O¿Brien Organized Racial Violence in the Post-World War II SouthThe Politics of Black Insurgency 1930-1975 - Doug McAdam and Kelly MooreThe Outcomes of Contemporary Black Protest and Violence - James ButtonGroup Rebellion in America - Richard E Rubenstein The Fire Next Time?Violence, Social Theory, and the Historians - Hugh Davis Graham The Debate over Consensus and Culture in America