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BUDA'S WAGON
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CAR BOMB |
| By: |
Mike Davis |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1844672948 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781844672943 |
| Publisher: |
VERSO BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2008 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
Traces the car bomb's worldwide use and development, in the process exposing the role of state intelligence agencies - particularly those of the United States, Israel, India, and Pakistan - in globalizing urban terrorist techniques. |
| Synopsis: |
In this brilliant and disturbing history, Mike Davis traces the car bomb's worldwide use and development, in the process exposing the role of state intelligence agencies - particularly those of the United States, Israel, India, and Pakistan - in globalizing urban terrorist techniques. Davis argues that it is the incessant impact of car bombs, rather than the more apocalyptic threats of nuclear or bio-terrorism, that is changing cities and urban lifestyle, as privileged centres of power increasingly surround themselves with "rings of steel" against a weapon that nevertheless seems impossible to defeat. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Verso Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |