Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb

The brilliant and disturbing 100-year history of modern terrorism and car bombs--the ubiquitous weapon of urban mass...
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Author: Mike Davis
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Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb by Davis, Mike

Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb

$64.37

Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb

$64.37
Author: Mike Davis
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The brilliant and disturbing 100-year history of modern terrorism and car bombs--the ubiquitous weapon of urban mass destruction

On a September day in 1920, an angry Italian anarchist named Mario Buda exploded a horse-drawn wagon filled with dynamite and iron scrap near New York's Wall Street, killing 40 people. Since Buda's prototype the car bomb has evolved into a "poor man's air force," a generic weapon of mass destruction that now craters cities from Bombay to Oklahoma City.

In this provocative history, Mike Davis traces the its 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.

Author: Mike Davis
Publisher: Verso
Published: 01/17/2017
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781784786632

About the Author
Mike Davis is the author of several books including City of Quartz, The Monster at Our Door, Buda's Wagon, and Planet of Slums. He is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award. He lives in San Diego.

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