{"product_id":"revolutionists-book-jason-burke-9781847926067","title":"The Revolutionists","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2025 **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e** A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eECONOMIST, PROSPECT \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eBBC HISTORY\u003c\/i\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thrilling and unprecedented account of the radicalism and political extremism that gripped the 1970s – a seismic decade that transformed the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fabulously gripping read'\u003c\/b\u003e DOMINIC SANDBROOK, \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003eBooks of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant ... An astonishing window not just into the origins of modern terrorism but also into our own age' \u003c\/b\u003eRORY STEWART\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Extraordinary … told with cool authority and a novelist's eye for detail'\u003c\/b\u003e RORY CARROLL, author of \u003ci\u003eKilling Thatcher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s, a network of extremists terrorised the West with intricately planned plane hijackings and hostage-takings. Among them were the glamorous Leila Khaled, hard-drinking Carlos the Jackal, and radical leftists of the Baader-Meinhof Gang. United by their hatred of Israel, capitalism and ‘Western imperialism’, they unleashed a series of audacious attacks that brought governments to their knees and glued the world to their tv screens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on decades of research, recently declassified government files, secret documents, and first-hand interviews with hijackers, spies, witnesses and victims, Jason Burke takes us inside these often-deadly operations. Through the perpetrators’ eyes – and of the unrelenting agents who hunted them down – he uncovers a dark, complex world of loyalty, betrayal and commitment to change at any cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePitching us into these tumultuous times,\u003ci\u003e The\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRevolutionists \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how a campaign led by secular leftist revolutionaries gave way to a far more lethal movement of conservative religious fanaticism that would dominate the decades to come. It is impossible to understand the world today without reading this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A book that historians will be profiting from for many decades to come'\u003c\/b\u003e TOM HOLLAND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘As compelling as the best of spy thrillers’\u003c\/b\u003e FERGAL KEANE, BBC Correspondent and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Madness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Riveting' \u003c\/b\u003eLINDSEY HILSUM, International Editor, Channel 4 News\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51626719740177,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51626720297233,"sku":"NGR9781847926067","price":38.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52616295940369,"sku":"NLS9781847926067","price":39.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52621142294801,"sku":"GOR014565340","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52693899542801,"sku":"GOR014581008","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52703253004561,"sku":"GOR014586580","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1847926061.jpg?v=1790243449","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/revolutionists-book-jason-burke-9781847926067","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}