Buda's Wagon
Author(s): Mike Davis
In this provocative history, Mike Davis traces the car bomb's worldwide use and development, in the process exposing the role of state intelligence agencies-particularly those of the United States, Israel, India, and Pakistan-in globalizing urban terrorist techniques. Davis argues that it is the incessant impact of car bombs, rather than the more apocalyptic threats of nuclear or bio-terrorism, that is changing cities and urban lifestyles, as privileged centers of power increasingly surround themselves with 'rings of steel' against a weapon that nevertheless seems impossible to defeat.
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"Davis creates a fascinating genealogy that raises chilling questions about the future of terrorism." - Atlantic Monthly "Mike Davis, long-time chronicler of apocalyptic terror, has done it again: he has made me scared ... The brilliance of Davis's story is undeniable." - Times "Mike Davis follows the evolution of the car bomb from the Balkans to Palestine, Vietnam, Northern Ireland, Lebanon and, of course, Iraq." - New York Times "Brilliantly terse ... Davis writes with icily suppressed fury." - Guardian
Mike Davis is the author of several books including Planet of Slums, City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear, Late Victorian Holocausts, and Magical Urbanism. He was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
General Fields
- :
- : Bloomsbury
- : Verso Trade
- : 0.367
- : 01 February 2017
- : 01 February 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Mike Davis
- : Paperback
- : Paperback
- : 623.45209
- : 623.45209