Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. NOTES ON TRANSLITERATION xi
5. Introduction 3
6. ONE. Of Heritage and History 13
7. TWO. History’s Entailments in the Violence of a Nation 43
8. THREE. Violent Measures, Measured Violence 72
9. FOUR. Mood, Moment, and Mind 104
10. FIVE. Embodied Terror 135
11. SIX. Suffering Nation and Alienation 154
12. SEVEN. Crushed Glass: A Counterpoint to Culture 194
13. NOTES 213
14. GLOSSARY OF FREQUENTLY USED TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 229
15. REFERENCES 231
16. INDEX 241