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Assassinations

Assassinations
By R. G. Grant

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The history of Western civilization has been harshly punctuated with assassinations of political leaders, religious figures, and celebrities. Assassinations-with the help of new and fascinating research-tells the true stories of the most notorious of these assassinations as well as attempted assassinations. Illustrated with photographs, newspaper clippings, diagrams, and other archival artifacts, the book chronicles 2,500 years of these infamous deeds. The foreword is written by James and Sarah Brady. James Brady, former White House press secretary and assistant to President Ronald Reagan, was seriously wounded in the attempted assassination of the President.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1181105 in Books
  • Published on: 2004-10-21
  • Released on: 2004-10-14
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 192 pages

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
The London-based Grant is a veteran of more than 20 titles, "primarily on aspects of social life and military conflict." Assassinations are perhaps the most distilled form of that particular preoccupation, scaling social life and military conflict down to what is often a one-on-one encounter that uses violence for political ends. Grant begins this full-color, glossy-stocked book under the heading "Moments in History" with eight pages on Lincoln, six on Archduke Franz Ferdinand and eight on JFK. He then jumps back 2000 years to Philip II of Macedon and Julius Caesar (and other Romans), and skips forward to Thomas à Beckett and Rasputin under the heading "Power Struggles." The layout is chunky, the colors bland and the photos stock-looking, giving the book a sinister cast appropriate to off-the-grid plotting. Sadat, Indira Gandhi, Rabin and Castro (not everyone here was the victim of a successful attempt) all make appearances, as do RFK, MLK and Malcolm X. Reagan assassination-attempt survivor James Brady and wife Sarah provide a foreword.
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