The Price of Paradise by Iain Overton
An urgent and pertinent exploration of how and why the suicide bomber has shaped the modern age, written by a multi-award winning investigative journalist and human rights campaigner.In an exceptional piece of work, Iain Overton subjects the suicide bomber to his seasoned investigative skills from pre-revolutionary Russia to the present day
* Jon Snow *A must-read book on the most frightening phenomenon of the modern age ... Fascinating. * Sunday Times *
Provocative and timely ... highly readable. * Observer *
An informative book on a timely topic that demands critical scrutiny.
Outstanding... the author takes confident control over this huge, dense and dark subject... Engrossing * New Statesman *
A fascinating insight into a topic that has tragically defined our times. * Levison Wood *
Moving... Overton has gone further than most to understand the motivations of the modern-day suicide bomber. * i *
An immensely readable and important book. Overton writes with great sensitivity and perception. * Mark Juergensmeyer, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Global Studies and author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence *
Iain Overton has delved deep into the history of suicide bombings to produce an insightful and provocative account that explains how this most frightening of weapons has been adopted and adapted by different cultures, armies and places. In so doing, he goes beyond simple narratives that tie suicide bombers to a single religious view or a unique in history. Instead he has the moral courage to ask difficult questions about how it has come to define our age. A bold work of real importance. * Rob Crilly, author of Saving Darfur: Everyone's Favourite African War *
Meticulously researched history * The National *
Impressively multi-dimensional... finely observed personal reminiscences * Times Literary Supplement *
Iain Overton is a multi-award winning journalist and human rights campaigner, and has reported from over two dozen conflict zones worldwide. Today he runs the London based charity Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), but prior to that he worked for the BBC, ITN and the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism. He has written for the Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs and International Business Times, among others. He is the recipient of two Amnesty Media Awards, a BAFTA, and a Peabody Award, and holds two degrees from Cambridge University. As well as lecturing on human rights journalism at Birkbeck University, London, he speaks regularly at the United Nations and other international forums on the matter of suicide bombings. He oversees the only global monitor of explosive violence around the world.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781787470873 |
| ISBN 10 | 1787470873 |
| Title | The Price of Paradise |
| Author | Iain Overton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2020-02-06 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
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