Cantitate/Preț
Produs
Total produse
Vezi coșul
The Revolutionists de Jason Burke

The Revolutionists

Autor Jason Burke
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 oct 2025

Observăm în The Revolutionists o reconstrucție metodică a unei decade seismice, bazată pe studii de caz care au redefinit securitatea globală: de la deturnările de avioane orchestrate de Leila Khaled până la operațiunile complexe ale grupării Baader-Meinhof. Jason Burke nu se limitează la o cronologie aridă, ci extrage din arhive guvernamentale declasificate și din interviuri directe cu protagoniștii — fie ei atacatori sau agenți secreți — detaliile unei rețele transnaționale unite de respingerea imperialismului vestiv. Această lucrare extinde cadrul propus de Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Terrorists cu date noi din perioada Războiului Rece, oferind o perspectivă imersivă asupra modului în care logistica terorii a evoluat în anii '70. Dacă lucrarea lui Colin J Beck analizează teoretic intersecția dintre mișcările sociale și violență, Burke ancorează aceste concepte în realitatea dramatică a evenimentelor de la München sau Entebbe. Reținem, de asemenea, o analiză fină a tranziției ideologice: autorul demonstrează cum eșecul mișcărilor revoluționare seculare a lăsat un vid ocupat ulterior de extremismul religios. Structura narativă, deși respectă rigoarea academică impusă de editura The Bodley Head, adoptă un ritm alert, transformând cele peste 700 de pagini într-o analiză politică ce se citește cu tensiunea unui roman polițist. Este o resursă esențială pentru înțelegerea rădăcinilor conflictelor contemporane, oferind o claritate necesară asupra modului în care radicalismul de ieri a modelat geopolitica de astăzi.

Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 14125 lei

Puncte Express: 212
Paperback (2) de la 9750 lei
Hardback (2) de la 23145 lei

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 26 octombrie-09 noiembrie
Livrare express 09-15 octombrie pentru 5090 lei

Livrare prin curier în România Termenul estimat este afișat lângă disponibilitate.
Transport gratuit de la 40000 lei Plată online sau ramburs, în funcție de opțiunile comenzii.
Retur gratuit în 14 zile Comandă securizată și suport în română.
 Adaugă în coș

Wish list
Gift list
Am citit!
Adaugă în listă

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781847926074
ISBN-10: 184792607X
Pagini: 768
Dimensiuni: 152 x 234 x 44 mm
Greutate: 0.89 kg
Editura: Random House
Colecția The Bodley Head

De ce să citești această carte

Pentru studenții la științe politice și cititorii pasionați de istorie contemporană, The Revolutionists oferă o perspectivă rară asupra mecanismelor interne ale radicalismului. Câștigați acces la mărturii directe și documente anterior secrete, înțelegând nu doar evenimentele, ci și psihologia din spatele figurilor care au dominat știrile anilor '70. Este o lecție despre evoluția violenței politice de la ideologie la fanatism.

Descriere

Immersive, globe-spanning and full of detail and drama, The Revolutionists is an unprecedented account of a seismic decade that transformed the modern world. In the 1970s, a network of radical extremists terrorised the West with intricately planned plane hijackings and hostage-takings. Among them were the glamorous young Leila Khaled with her jewellery made from grenade rings, the hard-drinking Carlos the Jackal in shades and designer suits, and the radical leftists of the Baader-Meinhof Gang. United by their hatred of Israel, capitalism and 'Western imperialism', they unleashed a series of audacious attacks that brought governments to their knees and glued the world to their televisions in morbid fascination. Drawing on decades of research, recently declassified government files, secret documents, and original interviews with hijackers, spies, witnesses and victims, Jason Burke takes us into the lives and minds of the perpetrators of these often-deadly operations. Through their eyes - and the eyes of the unrelenting agents who hunted them down - he uncovers a dark, complex world of loyalty, betrayal and commitment to radical change at any cost. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War and packed with revelations about iconic events such as the deadly attack on the Munich Olympic, Israel's raid on Entebbe, the Iranian revolution and the rise of Islamic extremism, this is a sweeping, scrupulously reported historical narrative with the pace and suspense of a thriller. The Revolutionists pitches the reader into these tumultuous times. Ultimately, it shows how a campaign led by secular, leftist revolutionaries gave way to a far more lethal movement of conservative religious fanaticism that would dominate the decades to come. It is impossible to understand the world today without reading this history.

Notă biografică

JASON BURKE, the International Security correspondent for the Guardian, has been a foreign correspondent for almost 30 years, reporting from the Middle East, South Asia, Europe and Africa.
He is one of the foremost writers on terrorism and the author of four critically acclaimed books: The New Threat from Islamic Militancy, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize; The 9/11 Wars, 'the best overview of the 9/11 decade in print' (The Economist); the ground-breaking Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam and On the Road to Kandahar: Travels through Conflict in the Islamic World.
He lives near London.

Descriere scurtă

** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2025 **
** A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, PROSPECT AND BBC HISTORY**
A thrilling and unprecedented account of the radicalism and political extremism that gripped the 1970s - a seismic decade that transformed the modern world.
'A fabulously gripping read' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, The Times Books of the Year
'Brilliant ... An astonishing window not just into the origins of modern terrorism but also into our own age' RORY STEWART
'Extraordinary ... told with cool authority and a novelist's eye for detail' RORY CARROLL, author of Killing Thatcher
In the 1970s, a network of extremists terrorised the West with intricately planned plane hijackings and hostage-takings. Among them were the glamorous Leila Khaled, hard-drinking Carlos the Jackal, and radical leftists of the Baader-Meinhof Gang. United by their hatred of Israel, capitalism and 'Western imperialism', they unleashed a series of audacious attacks that brought governments to their knees and glued the world to their tv screens.
Drawing on decades of research, recently declassified government files, secret documents, and first-hand interviews with hijackers, spies, witnesses and victims, Jason Burke takes us inside these often-deadly operations. Through the perpetrators' eyes - and of the unrelenting agents who hunted them down - he uncovers a dark, complex world of loyalty, betrayal and commitment to change at any cost.
Pitching us into these tumultuous times, The Revolutionists reveals how a campaign led by secular leftist revolutionaries gave way to a far more lethal movement of conservative religious fanaticism that would dominate the decades to come. It is impossible to understand the world today without reading this book.
'A book that historians will be profiting from for many decades to come' TOM HOLLAND
'As compelling as the best of spy thrillers' FERGAL KEANE, BBC Correspondent and author of The Madness
'Riveting' LINDSEY HILSUM, International Editor, Channel 4 News