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A Mind for Murder Alston Chase

A Mind for Murder By Alston Chase

A Mind for Murder by Alston Chase


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Summary

"With its unusual emphasis and sometimes surprisingly personal tone, this may become the definitive Kaczynksi volume."—Publishers Weekly

A Mind for Murder Summary

A Mind for Murder: The Education of the Unabomber and the Origins of Modern Terrorism by Alston Chase

This is a radically new interpretation of the life and motives of the infamous Unabomber. Alston Chase's gripping account follows Ted Kaczynski from an unhappy adolescence in Illinois to Harvard, where he was subject not only to the despairing intellectual currents of the Cold War but also to ethically questionable psychological experiments. Kaczynski fled academia to the edge of the wilderness in Montana, but Chase shows us that he was never the wild mountain man the media often assumed him to be. Kaczynski was living in a book-lined cabin just off a main road when he formulated the view of the world that he used to justify murder. Through Chase's compelling narration of the planning and execution of Kaczynski's crimes, we come to know a thoroughly cold-blooded killer, but one whose ideas were uncannily close to those of mainstream America. Originally published in hardcover as Harvard and the Unabomber.

A Mind for Murder Reviews

"A chilling and provocative account of what made the Unabomber tick." -- Boston Globe
"Fascinating and revealing." -- Chicago Tribune

About Alston Chase

Alston Chase is a writer and independent scholar specializing in intellectual history. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana.

Additional information

CIN0393325563G
9780393325560
0393325563
A Mind for Murder: The Education of the Unabomber and the Origins of Modern Terrorism by Alston Chase
Used - Good
Paperback
WW Norton & Co
2004-07-20
454
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