Burleigh, Michael | DAY OF THE ASSASSINS - A HISTORY OF POLITICAL MURDER

Boken utforskar politiska mord som en form av våld och analyserar betydande fall från det senaste seklet.

• En djupgående analys av politiska mord.

• Flera historiska exempel från hela världen.

• Utgiven som pocket, 2022.

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Bindning: Pocket

Bokförlag: Pan Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781529030174

Omfång: 430 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2022-08-18

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A forensic account of political assassinations from the late nineteenth century to the present day.

'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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