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Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb
Buda's Wagon A Brief History of the Car Bomb Author:Mike Davis Bestselling genealogy of modern terrorism through a fascinating 100-year history of the car bomb — In this provocative history, Mike Davis traces the car bomb?s 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 te... more »rrorist 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.« less