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History Matters: Labeling an act of terrorism is complicated

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published September 15, 2015 at 7:45 AM CDT
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Dr. Gary Joiner

Commentator Gary Joiner explores how terroristic acts are ingrained in the timeline of world history, but are at times debatable depending on whom you ask and what side you're on.

History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine.

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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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