Author : Marshall Cavendish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Assassination
ISBN : 0856851094
Assassinations
Marshall Cavendish
The Assassinations That Changed History
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Assassination
Lee Davis
Author : Lee Davis
Publisher : BDD Promotional Books Company
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 0792458540
Assassination by Lee Davis Pdf
A study of 20 political murders around the world in the history, including Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.
The Assassinations That Changed History
Francis Johnson
Author : Francis Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1496127595
The Assassinations That Changed History by Francis Johnson Pdf
THE thirty-one assassinations, famous in history, which are narrated in this volume, have never before had their stories told in a collected form in any language. The accounts of them were scattered through the historical works of all nations, and through many volumes of private memoirs, which had to be scanned for proper and trustworthy material. It is hoped that their presentation in this form will make an interesting volume, not only for the student of history, but also for the general reader, on account of the historical and psychological interest which attaches to them.These assassinations embrace a period of nearly twenty-five centuries,-that of Philip of Macedon, in 336 B.C., being the first, and that of Alexander and Draga, in the present year, being the last. Only those assassinations have been included which either had an important and political bearing on the world, or on the nation immediately affected, or which left a profound, and, it would seem, indelible impression on the imagination of contemporaries and posterity. All those which were not distinguished by one of these features were excluded from this series.It will undoubtedly occur to some who read this volume that it should have included the assassination of President Garfield. It was omitted, not from any want of respect or sympathy for the memory of our illustrious martyr-President, but simply for the reason that his assassination rather "grew out of the morbid aberration of one diseased mind than out of the general spirit of the epoch in which he lived.Others may think that the assassinations of Henry the Third of France, of Henry of Guise, and of Marshal Coligny, which are certainly famous in history, should have found a place here. But they all grew out of the same spirit of religious hatred and conflict in France during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and Henry the Fourth was selected as its most illustrious victim.It has been the object of the writer to make each of these "famous assassinations" the central scene of a picture in which the political, religious, or national features of the epoch in which the assassination occurred are portrayed with historical fidelity and strict impartiality.F. J.
Assassinations That Changed The World
Nigel Cawthorne
Author : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher : Ad Lib Publishers Ltd
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781913543853
Assassinations That Changed The World by Nigel Cawthorne Pdf
We live in an age of asymmetric warfare. Huge armies no longer face each other on the battlefield. Instead heads of major powers and lone assassins (or martyrs) target each other to pursue their agendas. President Donald Trump felt it necessary to use drones to blow away the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Qasem Soleimani-a mastermind of terrorism in the Middle East who threatened the lives of US troops-and President Barack Obama felt fully justified in sending in US Navy SEALs to take out Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. This is the nature of modern warfare. And it is only going to get worse. When nineteen-year-old Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, in 1914, he triggered the First World War. Few assassinations have had such devastating consequences, but political assassinations have always changed the world – often in ways that the assassins and their cohorts could not have predicted. The murder of John F. Kennedy left Lyndon B. Johnson free to escalate the war in Vietnam. However, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. while not derailing the demands for African American civil rights in the US, did lead many to abandoning his commitment to nonviolence and adopting more radical means. In a world globalized by social media, more lone-wolf assassins seek their fifteen minutes of fame by taking out a famous figure, while leaders of world powers have everything to gain by decapitating terrorist organizations, employing the latest surveillance technology to obliterate their leaders. There are forty-eight assassinations that changed the world in this book. Rest assured that in the coming years we will see many more.
The Encyclopedia of American Crime
Carl Sifakis
Author : Carl Sifakis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Crime
ISBN : 0816040400
The Encyclopedia of American Crime by Carl Sifakis Pdf
TIME-LIFE Assassins
The Editors of TIME-LIFE
Author : The Editors of TIME-LIFE
Publisher : Time Home Entertainment
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781547842919
TIME-LIFE Assassins by The Editors of TIME-LIFE Pdf
Discover the story behind the assassains who changed history in this TIME-LIFE special edition, TIME-LIFE Assassins.
The Assassination of Gaitán
Herbert Braun
Author : Herbert Braun
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299103644
The Assassination of Gaitán by Herbert Braun Pdf
Drawn in part from personal interviews with participants and witnesses, Herbert Braun’s analysis of the riot’s roots, its patterns and consequences, provides a dramatic account of this historic turning point and an illuminating look at the making of modern Colombia. Braun’s narrative begins in the year 1930 in Bogotá, Colombia, when a generation of Liberals and Conservatives came to power convinced they could kept he peace by being distant, dispassionate, and rational. One of these politicians, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, was different. Seeking to bring about a society of merit, mass participation, and individualism, he exposed the private interests of the reigning politicians and engendered a passionate relationship with his followers. His assassination called forth urban crowds that sought to destroy every visible evidence of public authority of a society they felt no longer had the moral right to exist. This is a book about behavior in public: how the actors—the political elite, Gaitán, and the crowds—explained and conducted themselves in public, what they said and felt, and what they sought to preserve or destroy, is the evidence on which Braun draws to explain the conflicts contained in Colombian history. The author demonstrates that the political culture that was emerging through these tensions offered the hope of a peaceful transition to a more open, participatory, and democratic society. “Most Colombians regard Jorge Eliécer Gaitán as a pivotal figure in their nation’s history, whose assassination on April 9, 1948 irrevocably changed the course of events in the twentieth century. . . . As biography, social history, and political analysis, Braun’s book is a tour de force.”—Jane M. Rausch, Hispanic American Historical Review
A History of Political Murder in Latin America
W. John Green
Author : W. John Green
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438456638
A History of Political Murder in Latin America by W. John Green Pdf
A sweeping study of political murder in Latin America. This sweeping history depicts Latin Americas pan-regional culture of political murder. Unlike typical studies of the region, which often focus on the issues or trends of individual countries, this work focuses thematically on the nature of political murder itself, comparing and contrasting its uses and practices throughout the region. W. John Green examines the entire system of political murder: the methods and justifications the perpetrators employ, the victims, and the consequences for Latin American societies. Green demonstrates that elite and state actors have been responsible for most political murders, assassinating the leaders of popular movements and other messengers of change. Latin American elites have also often targeted the potential audience for these messages through the regions various dirty wars. In spite of regional differences, elites across the region have displayed considerable uniformity in justifying their use of murder, imagining themselves in a class war with democratic forces. While the United States has often been complicit in such violence, Green notes that this has not been universally true, with US support waxing and waning. A detailed appendix, exploring political murder country by country, provides an additional resource for readers.
Day of the Assassins
Michael Burleigh
Author : Michael Burleigh
Publisher : Picador
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Assassination
ISBN : 1529030137
Day of the Assassins by Michael Burleigh Pdf
A forensic account of political assassinations from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
Wolves, Jackals, and Foxes
Kris Hollington
Author : Kris Hollington
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429986809
Wolves, Jackals, and Foxes by Kris Hollington Pdf
"A history of the twentieth century punctuated by gunshots. . . . An exciting account." --Sunday Telegraph (UK) Exploding telephones, pipe-guns, bullets made of teeth, aspirin explosives, cobra-venom darts, a rifle that shoots around corners, exploding clams, samurai swords, karate chops, poisoned umbrellas, and a fuel-laden light aircraft. Sometimes even a regular gun. These are just some of the methods that have been used over the last ?fty years to speed four thousand VIPs to a premature end. Wolves, Jackals, and Foxes is not an encyclopedia of assassination but rather a gripping history that charts the development of the modern world through the eyes of the assassins that tried to alter it. An experienced investigative reporter, Kris Hollington exposes shocking unknown stories of assassination. Surprising conspiracies and remarkable connections are uncovered throughout. Hollington relates the story of the man who shot Uday Hussein seventeen times, the remarkable career of the CIA's "black sorcerer," reveals how an East German Stasi agent, an American B-movie actress, and a Saudi prince conspired to commit one of the most important assassinations of the twentieth century, uncovers the terrible history of South Africa's brutal assassination squad and exposes for the ?rst time the secret society that ensured racist assassins in the South never paid for their crimes. It also features previously classi?ed information from the Secret Service, including the story of how President Jimmy Carter was saved from a sniper's bullet by a rabid swamp rabbit. This book is the first to study in detail not only the causes and surprising consequences of assassination, but also the crucial seconds of the act itself and the psychology of the killer in an effort to understand why some assassinations succeed where others fail---and what might be done to prevent them. It is also the ?rst book to examine the fascinating facts and ?gures of assassination, revealing everything from the success rate by type of weapon and the escape and survival rates of assassins to the most popular time of year and location for an attack. The definitive book on assassination, Wolves, Jackals, and Foxes shows that sometimes, one murder can change the world.
A Farewell to Justice
Joan Mellen
Author : Joan Mellen
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628734669
A Farewell to Justice by Joan Mellen Pdf
Working with thousands of previously unreleased documents and drawing on more than one thousand interviews, with many witnesses speaking out for the first time, Joan Mellen revisits the investigation of New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison, the only public official to have indicted, in 1969, a suspect in President John F. Kennedy’s murder. Garrison began by exposing the contradictions in the Warren Report, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was an unstable pro-Castro Marxist who acted alone in killing Kennedy. A Farewell to Justice reveals that Oswald, no Marxist, was in fact working with both the FBI and the CIA, as well as with US Customs, and that the attempts to sabotage Garrison’s investigation reached the highest levels of the US government. Garrison’s suspects included CIA-sponsored soldiers of fortune enlisted in assassination attempts against Fidel Castro, an anti-Castro Cuban asset, and a young runner for the conspirators, interviewed here for the first time by the author. Building upon Garrison’s effort, Mellen uncovers decisive new evidence and clearly establishes the intelligence agencies’ roles in both a president’s assassination and its cover-up. In this revised edition, to be published in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the president’s assassination, the author reveals new sources and recently uncovered documents confirming in greater detail just how involved the CIA was in the events of November 22, 1963. More than one hundred new pages add critical evidence and information into one of the most significant events in human history.
On Assassinations
Baker Baker,Kenneth Baker
Author : Baker Baker,Kenneth Baker
Publisher : Unicorn
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1912690756
On Assassinations by Baker Baker,Kenneth Baker Pdf
In this revealing look at the history of assassinations, Kenneth Baker examines over a hundred political and religious murders or attempted murders, ranging from Julius Caesar to President Kennedy to Osama bin Laden. Assassins hope to change the world, but rarely succeed: Baker concludes that the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914 was the only one that changed the history of the world. Other assassinations, whether of monarchs, politicians, dissidents, clerics, journalists or others at best give only a glancing blow at history. The author concludes that, in Macbeth's words, an assassination 'is a poisoned chalice.' Kenneth Baker also reveals that since 1945 there have been fewer individual assassins working alone; now assassinations are more likely to be carried out by political and religious terrorists, or by the security services of certain states to eliminate dissidents. Not only Russia and Israel, but the USA, the UK and others have resorted to targeted killings when they consider their security is under threat. On Assassinations shows how we have moved from the era of individual assassinations, through to terror groups' murders and now onto state-sponsored targeted killings
Beyond the Grassy Knoll
A M Wolf
Author : A M Wolf
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798882914409
Beyond the Grassy Knoll by A M Wolf Pdf
Beyond the Grassy Knoll: How JFK's Death Changed American Society Forever" offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most pivotal moments in modern American history. On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, sending shockwaves through the nation and the world. But beyond the immediate tragedy, JFK's death reverberated through American society, shaping politics, culture, and the collective consciousness for decades to come. In this meticulously researched and compellingly written book, acclaimed author BreezyMadeLove delves deep into the impact of JFK's assassination, tracing its far-reaching consequences on American society. Through a combination of historical analysis, cultural examination, and insightful commentary, BreezyMadeLove explores the multifaceted ways in which JFK's death altered the course of American history and culture. From the rise of conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination to the erosion of public trust in government institutions, "Beyond the Grassy Knoll" offers a thought-provoking exploration of the enduring legacy of JFK's death. Through interviews, archival materials, and contemporary accounts, BreezyMadeLove paints a vivid portrait of the tumultuous aftermath of JFK's assassination and its lasting impact on the American psyche. At its heart, "Beyond the Grassy Knoll" is a testament to the enduring power of historical events to shape the trajectory of a nation. By examining the lasting impact of JFK's assassination, BreezyMadeLove sheds light on the forces that have shaped modern American society and offers readers new insights into the complex interplay between politics, culture, and memory. Engaging, insightful, and thoroughly researched, "Beyond the Grassy Knoll" is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the profound impact of one of the most significant events in modern American history. Whether you're a history buff, a political enthusiast, or simply curious about the forces that shape our world, this book will leave you with a deeper understanding of the legacy of JFK's assassination and its enduring significance in American society.
Assassinations
Jackie Snowden
Author : Jackie Snowden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1838506144
Assassinations by Jackie Snowden Pdf
The Hidden History of the JFK Assassination
Lamar Waldron
Author : Lamar Waldron
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781619022614
The Hidden History of the JFK Assassination by Lamar Waldron Pdf
November 22, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the tragedy that has haunted America ever since. For the first time, this concise and compelling book pierces the veil of secrecy to fully document the small, tightly–held conspiracy that killed President John F. Kennedy. It explains why he was murdered, and how it was done in a way that forced many records to remain secret for almost fifty years. The Hidden History of JFK's Assassination draws on exclusive interviews with more than two dozen associates of John and Robert Kennedy, in addition to former FBI, Secret Service, military intelligence, and Congressional personnel, who provided critical first–hand information. The book also uses government files—including the detailed FBI confession of notorious Mafia godfather Carlos Marcello—to simply and clearly reveal exactly who killed JFK. Using information never published before, the book uses Marcello's own words to his closest associates to describe the plot. His confession is also backed up by a wealth of independent documentation. This book builds on the work of the last Congressional committee to investigate JFK's murder, which concluded that JFK ‘was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy," and that godfathers ["Santo] Trafficante [and Carlos] Marcello had the motive, means, and opportunity to assassinate President Kennedy." However, it also draws on exclusive files and information not available to Congress, that have only emerged in recent years, to fully explain for the first time how Marcello and Trafficante committed—and got away with—the crime of the 20th century. Some of the book's revelations will be dramatized in the upcoming Warner Brothers film Legacy of Secrecy, produced by and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which also stars Robert De Niro as Carlos Marcello. The Hidden History of JFK's Assassination is the definitive account of the crime and the secrecy which has surrounded it.