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02189nam a22002057a 4500 |
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IeDuRDS |
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20211013154223.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781529030136 |
| Terms of availability |
(hbk) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
IeDuRDS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Edition number |
23 |
| Classification number |
364.152 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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45762 |
| Personal name |
Burleigh, Michael, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1955- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Day of the assassins : |
| Remainder of title |
a history of political murder / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Michael Burleigh. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
London ; |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Picador, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
ix, 429 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"The traditional image of a political assassin is a lone wolf with a gun, aimed squarely at the head of those they wish to kill. But while there has been enormous speculation on what lay behind notorious individual political assassinations - from Gaius Julius Caesar to John F. Kennedy - the phenomenon itself has scarcely been examined as a special category of political violence, one not motivated by personal gain or vengeance. Now, in Day of the Assassins, acclaimed historian Michael Burleigh explores the many facets of political assassination, explaining the role of historical precedent, why it is more frequent in certain types of society than others and asking if assassination can either bring about change, or prevent it, and whether, like a contagious disease, political murder can be catching. Focusing chiefly on the last century and a half, Burleigh takes readers to the Congo, India, Iran, Laos, Rwanda and South Africa and revisits notable assassinations in Europe, Russia, Israel and the United States. Throughout, the assassins themselves are at the centre of the narrative, whether they were cool, well-trained professional killers, like the agents of the NKVD or the KGB, or men motivated by the politicization of their private miseries. Even some of those who were demonstrably mad had method in the madness and acted for comprehensible political motives. 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"--Publisher's description." - Book cover |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Assassination |
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137515 |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Assassination |
| General subdivision |
Political aspects |
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137573 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Loanable Book |