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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	August 2022
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
	20th Century / 20th century history# c 1900 to c 2000 / 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 / 21st Century / 21st century history# from c 2000 - / 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100 / Espionage & secret services / Espionage and secret services / HISTORY / Military / Special Forces / HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century / Violence, intolerance and persecution in history
ISBN:	9781529030174
EAN-Code:	9781529030174
Verlag:	Pan macmillan Ltd.
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 197 mm / B 130 mm / D 29 mm
Gewicht:	300 gr
Seiten:	448
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'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, Juvénal 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