Assassins Deeds

Author : John Withington
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789143522

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Assassins’ Deeds by John Withington Pdf

Assassins have been killing the powerful and famous for at least three thousand years. Personal ambition, revenge, and anger have encouraged many to violent deeds, like the Turkish sultan who had nineteen of his brothers strangled or the bodyguards who murdered a dozen Roman emperors. More recently have come new motives like religious and political fanaticism, revolution and liberation, with governments also getting in on the act, while many victims seem to have been surprisingly careless: Abraham Lincoln was killed after letting his bodyguard go for a drink. So, do assassinations work? Drawing on anecdote, historical evidence, and statistical analysis, Assassins’ Deeds delves into some of history’s most notorious acts, unveiling an intriguing cast of characters, ingenious methods of killing, and many unintended consequences.

Author : Michael Newton
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780571290468

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Age of Assassins by Michael Newton Pdf

These were the crimes that were meant to change the world, and sometimes did. The book connects the killing of the Kennedys or the murder that sparked the First World War with less well-known stories, such as the Berlin shooting of an instigator of the Armenian genocide or the attack on an American 'robber baron'. Taking in Malcolm X and Queen Victoria, Adolf Hitler and Andy Warhol, Charles Manson and Emma Goldman, Tsars, Presidents, and pop stars, Age of Assassins traces the process that turned thought into action and murder into an icon. In tackling the history of political violence, the book is unique in its range and attention to detail, summoning up an age of assassination that is far from over.

Author : Sue Mahan,Pamala L. Griset
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781412950152

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Terrorism in Perspective by Sue Mahan,Pamala L. Griset Pdf

Introduction -- What is terrorism? -- History of terrorism -- International terrorism -- Terrorist tactics around the globe -- Homegrown terrorism in the united states -- Media coverage of terrorism -- Women terrorists -- Technology and terrorism -- Counterterrorism.

Author : John Horgan,Kurt Braddock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415455046

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Terrorism Studies by John Horgan,Kurt Braddock Pdf

This comprehensive reader seeks to equip the aspiring student, based anywhere in the world, with a comprehensive introduction to the study of terrorism.

Author : Peter Katona,Michael D. Intriligator,John P. Sullivan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134173570

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Countering Terrorism and WMD by Peter Katona,Michael D. Intriligator,John P. Sullivan Pdf

This volume shows us that in order to deal with today’s Fourth Generation asymmetric warfare by terrorist groups using conventional arms and weapons of mass destruction, we need a new ‘global networked’ approach. The contributors examine the various attempts that have been made to counter the latest wave of terrorism, including the US strikes against Afghanistan and Iraq, President George W. Bush's declaration of a ‘war against terrorism’, the creation of the US Department of Homeland Security, and the 9/11 Commission. Drawing from our experience with ‘Terrorism Early Warning’ and the co-production of counter-terrorism intelligence, this book explains the need for such a network and shows how it could be formed. It compiles the opinions of experts from clinical medicine, public policy, law enforcement and the military. These expert contributors identify the nature of a global counter-terrorism network, show how it could be created, and provide clear guidelines for gauging its future effectiveness. This book will be of great interest to all students of terrorism studies, US national security, international relations, and political science in general.

Author : David C. Rapoport
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Terrorism
ISBN : 0415316510

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Terrorism: The first or anarchist wave by David C. Rapoport Pdf

Takes a chronological approach to provide a history of modern rebel or non-state terror. In addition to articles in academic journals the collection includes discussions, statements and government documents.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1833
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89063089270

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The Knickerbocker by Anonim Pdf

Author : Simon Baker
Publisher : Random House
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409073888

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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire by Simon Baker Pdf

This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points that shaped Roman history. Welcome to Rome as you've never seen it before - awesome and splendid, gritty and squalid. From the conquest of the Mediterranean beginning in the third century BC to the destruction of the Roman Empire at the hands of barbarian invaders some seven centuries later, we discover the most critical episodes in Roman history: the spectacular collapse of the 'free' republic, the birth of the age of the 'Caesars', the violent suppression of the strongest rebellion against Roman power, and the bloody civil war that launched Christianity as a world religion. At the heart of this account are the dynamic, complex but flawed characters of some of the most powerful rulers in history: men such as Pompey the Great, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Nero and Constantine. Putting flesh on the bones of these distant, legendary figures, Simon Baker looks beyond the dusty, toga-clad caricatures and explores their real motivations and ambitions, intrigues and rivalries. The superb narrative, full of energy and imagination, is a brilliant distillation of the latest scholarship and a wonderfully evocative account of Ancient Rome.

Author : George Mac Gregor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Anatomy
ISBN : UCAL:B4285339

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The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times by George Mac Gregor Pdf

Author : C. L. Antrobus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112037860464

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Wildersmoor by C. L. Antrobus Pdf

Author : Michael Burleigh
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529030150

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Day of the Assassins by Michael Burleigh Pdf

‘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

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : CHI:79395310

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The New Scots Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Christopher Hamm
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0824827635

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Paper Swordsmen by John Christopher Hamm Pdf

The martial arts novel is one of the most distinctive and widely-read forms of modern Chinese fiction. John Christopher Hamm offers the first in-depth English-language study of this fascinating and influential genre, focusing on the work of its undisputed twentieth-century master, Jin Yong.

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1102 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2749069

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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ... by United States. Department of State Pdf

Presented by William H. Seward, Secretary of State, to the municipality of Guingamp, France.

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 978 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000026085876

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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America by United States. Department of State Pdf