Death to Order : A Modern History of Assassination.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ball, Simon.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2025.

Summary:

A deeply researched history of assassination in the modern world, from Franz Ferdinand to Osama bin Laden Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Leon Trotsky, Reinhard Heydrich, Mahatma Gandhi, John F.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

1 MURDER AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POLICY: The Sarajevo Assassination, 1914-1930

2 THE MONOPOLY OF LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE: European Assassinations, 1917-1923

3 THE RULES OF THE GAME: Assassination and the Greatest Empire, 1909-1940

4 DEATH TO THE PRESIDENTS: Assassination and the USA's Near Abroad, 1901-1950

5 GOVERNMENT BY ASSASSINATION: China and Japan, 1928-1941

6 SABOTAGE APPLIED TO INDIVIDUALS: Totalitarians and Democrats, 1923-1945

7 LAST RITES: Assassination and the Fall of Empires, 1944-1973

8 DANGEROUS IN CONCEPTION AND EXECUTION: The US Experiment with Assassination, 1952-1976

PLATES

9 SPLINTER GROUPS: Denial, 1971-1979

10 LONDON KILLING: Acceptance, 1980-1990

11 VERY VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Security, 1991-2001

12 WHO SHOULD PULL THE TRIGGER?: Assassination in the Twenty-First Century

CONCLUSION

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-300-28306-7

9780300283068

OCLC:

1561174038