Buda's Wagon by Mike Davis
Bestselling genealogy of modern terrorism through a fascinating 100-year history of the car bomb
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A brilliant antidote to official history, allowing us to understand how the weak have fought back, ingloriously, against the onslaught of the strong-- John Pilger
Mike Davis follows the evolution of the car bomb from the Balkans to Palestine, Vietnam, Northern Ireland, Lebanon and, of course, Iraq. * New York Times *
Davis, long-time chronicler of apocalyptic terror, has done it again: he has made me scared . The brilliance of Davis's story is undeniable. * The Times (London) *
Davis creates a fascinating genealogy that raises chilling questions about the future of terrorism. * The Atlantic *
Brilliantly terse...Davis writes with icily suppressed fury. * Guardian *
Brilliant...Buda's Wagon escorts us with a savage sarcasm from the first-known instance of the art...to present-day Gaza and Iraq. * Harper's *
A short and fascinating history of the car bomb. * London Review of Books *
A serious, disturbing and pessimistic book that resonates with widespread contemporary terrors...An excellent analysis of the arrogant miscalculations, cruelties and sometimes wanton stupidity of various governing elites. * Times Literary Supplement *
Buda's Wagon is an elegant proof that terrorism, however it is earned out, is ultimately a tactic rather than an ideology. * Bookforum *
Riveting, a whirlwind survey of the car bomb's historical hot spots. * Time Out New York *
Brings home in unsparing terms the bloody past and the even bloodier future of the car bomb. * Pittsburgh Post Gazette *
Davis' book moves quickly, painting a bone-chilling portrait of just how easy it has become to attain the information needed to build a car bomb and deploy it. * Time Out Chicago *
Products like iPods, brands like Coca-Cola and pop stars like Michael Jackson aren't the only currency of globalization. As Mike Davis points out in this swift, grimly readable little book, weapons are too. * Houston Chronicle *
Buda's Wagon reveals a grave and fundamental misperception by the administrators of global policy, who fail to see the car bomb for what it is: a symptom of our own excesses. * American Book Review *
Entrancing. * Denver Post *
Fascinating. * San Diego Union-Tribune *
Mike Davis follows the evolution of the car bomb from the Balkans to Palestine, Vietnam, Northern Ireland, Lebanon and, of course, Iraq. * New York Times *
Davis, long-time chronicler of apocalyptic terror, has done it again: he has made me scared . The brilliance of Davis's story is undeniable. * The Times (London) *
Davis creates a fascinating genealogy that raises chilling questions about the future of terrorism. * The Atlantic *
Brilliantly terse...Davis writes with icily suppressed fury. * Guardian *
Brilliant...Buda's Wagon escorts us with a savage sarcasm from the first-known instance of the art...to present-day Gaza and Iraq. * Harper's *
A short and fascinating history of the car bomb. * London Review of Books *
A serious, disturbing and pessimistic book that resonates with widespread contemporary terrors...An excellent analysis of the arrogant miscalculations, cruelties and sometimes wanton stupidity of various governing elites. * Times Literary Supplement *
Buda's Wagon is an elegant proof that terrorism, however it is earned out, is ultimately a tactic rather than an ideology. * Bookforum *
Riveting, a whirlwind survey of the car bomb's historical hot spots. * Time Out New York *
Brings home in unsparing terms the bloody past and the even bloodier future of the car bomb. * Pittsburgh Post Gazette *
Davis' book moves quickly, painting a bone-chilling portrait of just how easy it has become to attain the information needed to build a car bomb and deploy it. * Time Out Chicago *
Products like iPods, brands like Coca-Cola and pop stars like Michael Jackson aren't the only currency of globalization. As Mike Davis points out in this swift, grimly readable little book, weapons are too. * Houston Chronicle *
Buda's Wagon reveals a grave and fundamental misperception by the administrators of global policy, who fail to see the car bomb for what it is: a symptom of our own excesses. * American Book Review *
Entrancing. * Denver Post *
Fascinating. * San Diego Union-Tribune *
Mike Davis is the author of several books including Planet of Slums, City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear, Late Victorian Holocausts, and Magical Urbanism. He was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784786632 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784786632 |
| Title | Buda's Wagon |
| Author | Mike Davis |
| Series | The Essential Mike Davis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2017-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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