Day Of The Assassins

Download or read book Day of the Assassins written by Johnny O'Brien and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Within the first suspenseful pages, readers will find an engaging historical/science fiction tale that has intrigue, danger, and a little romance. . . . From an explosive escape out of captivity to a muchanticipated scene that decides the fate of World War I, the end of the book has plenty of action." --SCHOOL LUBRARY JOURNAL (Ages 9-14) Jack Christie and his best friend, Angus, find themselves at the center of a momentous event that will shape history for decades to come. Their dilemma: Should they intervene? Their problem: Can they survive? Join Jack on a dangerous chase from the dockyards of England to the rain-sodden trenches of the First World War. Will he escape the evil authorities who believe in the mysterious VIGIL Imperative?

Download or read book Day of the Assassins written by Michael Burleigh and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘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’ – The Times ’Book of the Week’ In Day of the Assassins, acclaimed historian Michael Burleigh examines assassination as a special category of political violence and asks whether, like a contagious disease, it can be catching. Focusing chiefly on the last century and a half, Burleigh takes readers from Europe, Russia, Israel and the United States to the Congo, India, Iran, Laos, Rwanda, South Africa and Vietnam. And, as we travel, we revisit notable assassinations, among them Leon Trotsky, Hendrik Verwoerd, Juvénal Habyarimana, Indira Gandhi, Yitzhak Rabin and Jamal Khashoggi. Combining human drama, questions of political morality and the sheer randomness of events, Day of the Assassins is a riveting insight into the politics of violence. ‘Brilliant and timely . . . Our world today is as dangerous and mixed-up as it has ever been. Luckily we have Michael Burleigh to help us make sense of it.’ – Mail on Sunday

Download or read book The Assassination of Hole in the Day written by Anton Treuer and published by Borealis Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the murder of the controversial Ojibwe chief who led his people through the first difficult years of dispossession by white invaders--and created a new kind of leadership for the Ojibwe.

Download or read book From the opening of the Protestant revolt to the present day written by James Harvey Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Famous Assassinations of History, from the Time of Julius Cæsar Down to the Present Day ... written by Dennis O'Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Ireland of To-day written by Margaret Frances Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to present a popular, convenient and correct account of the causes and aims of Irish agitation. The intimate relations which exist between the United States and England on the one hand, and between the United States and Ireland on the other, make a concise, impartial and complete manual a necessity for all who desire to inform themselves on the issue which is being so vigorously fought at the present time between the English government and the masses of the Irish people. -- Publisher's note.