Death to Order - A Modern History of Assassination

A deeply researched history of assassination in the modern world, from Franz Ferdinand to Osama bin LadenArchduke Franz Ferdinand, Leon Trotsky, Reinhard Heydrich, Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto, Osama bin Laden, Qasem Soleimani: assassination-the murder of a specific individual by an organised conspiracy in pursuit of political ends-has rarely failed to grip the imagination.In this incisive new history, Simon Ball shows how targeted political murder has become a tool of democratic states but also a key strategy of those who wish to topple them. Ball introduces us to the techniques of assassination and those who wield them, as well as the security regimes that have developed to prevent this violent practice. From the First World War and the age of empire to terrorism and the development of pilotless drones, Death to Order places assassination at the heart of modern political history-and shows how it continues to impact our world.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Ball, Ball Simon
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 22.07.2025
• EAN: 9780300258042
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25804-2
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, 20th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Espionage & secret services, General and world history, Espionage and secret services, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General