Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction. The Object of This History 1
5. 1. The American Way of War Through the Premodern Looking-Glass 45
6. 2. Christian Exegesis and Violence 67
7. 3. Madness, Martyrdom, and Terror 112
8. 4. Martyrdom in the West: Vengeance, Purge, Salvation, and History 152
9. 5. Twins: National Holy War and Sectarian Terror 177
10. 6. Liberty and Coercion 213
11. 7. The Subject of History and the Making of History 242
12. Postface. No Future to That Past? 288
13. Abbreviations 297
14. Notes 299
15. Select Bibliography 371
16. Index 423
17. Acknowledgments 443