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A forensic account of political assassinations from the late nineteenth century to the present day.

Produktbeschreibung
A forensic account of political assassinations from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
Autorenporträt
Michael Burleigh is a historian and commentator. His books include the bestselling The Third Reich: A New History, which won the 2001 Samuel Johnson Prize; Small Wars, Far Away Places, which was longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize, The Best of Times, The Worst of Times and Day of the Assassins. He writes regularly for The Times, Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday on international affairs and has also won a British Film Institute Award for Archival Achievement and a New York Film and Television Festival Award Bronze Medal. A Professor of Modern History, Michael was the first appointed Engelsberg Chair of History and International Relations at LSE IDEAS, which is an annual distinguished visiting professorship, delivering public lectures to LSE¿s foreign policy think tank. He held the post from 2019 to 2020. He lives in London.
Rezensionen
Day of the Assassins is written with Burleigh's characteristic brio, with pithy summaries of historical moments (he is brilliant on the Americans in Vietnam, for example) and full of surprising vignettes, which he handles with a commendable sang-froid. David Aaronovitch 'Book of the Week' The Times