Day of the Assassins - A History of Political Murder
Pocketbok. Pan Books Ltd. 2022. 430 sidor.
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- ISBN
- 9781529030174
- Titel
- Day of the Assassins - A History of Political Murder
- Författare
- Burleigh, Michael
- Förlag
- Pan Books Ltd
- Utgivningsår
- 2022
- Omfång
- 430 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Mått
- 130 x 197 mm Ryggbredd 28 mm
- Vikt
- 320 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- 'Written with Burleigh's characteristic brio, with pithy summaries of historical moments (he is brilliant on the Americans in Vietnam, for example) and full of surprising vignettes' - The Times 'Book of the Week'In Day of the Assassins, acclaimed historian Michael Burleigh examines assassination as a special category of political violence and asks whether, like a contagious disease, it can be catching. Focusing chiefly on the last century and a half, Burleigh takes readers from Europe, Russia, Israel and the United States to the Congo, India, Iran, Laos, Rwanda, South Africa and Vietnam. And, as we travel, we revisit notable assassinations, among them Leon Trotsky, Hendrik Verwoerd, Juvenal Habyarimana, Indira Gandhi, Yitzhak Rabin and Jamal Khashoggi. Combining human drama, questions of political morality and the sheer randomness of events, Day of the Assassins is a riveting insight into the politics of violence. 'Brilliant and timely . . . Our world today is as dangerous and mixed-up as it has ever been. Luckily we have Michael Burleigh to help us make sense of it.' - Mail on Sunday
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