The revolutionists : the story of the extremists who hijacked the 1970s
Burke, Jason2025
Book
In the 1970s, a network of radical extremists terrorised the West with plane hijackings and hostage-takings. Among them were the beautiful young Leila Khaled with her jewellery made from grenade rings, the hard-drinking philanderer Carlos the Jackal sporting shades and open-neck shirts, and the radical leftists of the Baader-Meinhof Gang. They sought to liberate the Palestinians and overthrow western imperialism, orchestrating spectacularly violent attacks that held governments to ransom and the world gripped to their television screens. Drawing on decades of research, declassified archive material and original interviews with witnesses and participants, Jason Burke provides a masterful account of their exploits over the course of this dark decade.
Main title:
Author:
Burke, Jason, author
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2025.
Collation:
xxii, 736 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847926067 (hbk)
Dewey class:
363.3250922363.325092363.325092 BURR363.325092BUR
Language:
English
BRN:
4166243