{"product_id":"budas-wagon-mike-davis-9781784786632","title":"Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant and disturbing 100-year history of modern terrorism and car bombs--the ubiquitous weapon of urban mass destruction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784786632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784786632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Mike Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064474132735,"sku":"9781784786632","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a5a3ce4-21ed-4627-ad35-df3c1f1c8226.jpg?v=1712124415","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/budas-wagon-mike-davis-9781784786632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}