Blood and Rage by Michael Burleigh
A far-reaching history of terrorism across the world, from its beginnings to the modern day, from the highly acclaimed author of Sacred Causes and Earthly Powers. The paperback edition will be updated to cover recent events including the recent terror attacks in Mumbai in November 2008 and the continued military clash in Gaza in early 2009.‘Takes everybody from Fenians and anarchists to the Red Brigades and al-Qaeda, and is written with characteristically biting flair’ Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph (Books of the Year)
‘Typically excellent…There are few better writers at work today.’ Sunday Times (Books of the Year)
‘Burleigh's evident ability to assimilate and communicate incisively…a highly intelligent and comprehensive survey of recent terrorism.’ Observer
‘Burleigh has entered the fray with a more magisterial tome, broad in scope, powerful in argument and brimming with healthy rage. Uncompromising…a riveting book.’ Scotsman
Michael Burleigh's two-part history of politics and religion, ‘Earthly Powers’ and ‘Sacred Causes’, were two of the most acclaimed books of 2005 and 2006 respectively. His work has been translated into fifteen languages and his ‘The Third Reich: A New History’ won the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2001. He writes for several newspapers on religion, history and politics. He is a member of the Academic Advisory Board at the Institut fur Zeitgeschichte in Munich and wrote this book while a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford. He is married and lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007242252 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007242255 |
| Title | Blood and Rage |
| Author | Michael Burleigh |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2009-04-02 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
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