Blood and Rage - by Michael Burleigh (Paperback)

About the Book

Distinguished historian and acclaimed author of "Earthly Powers" and "The Third Reich" offers a sweeping, deeply insightful history of terrorism from its 19th-century European and American origins to today's global threat fueled by fundamentalists. color photo insert.

From the Back Cover

In this sweeping and deeply penetrating work, distinguished historian Michael Burleigh explores the nature of terrorism from its origins in the West to the current global threat fueled by fundamentalists. Burleigh takes us from the roots of terrorism in the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Russian Nihilists, and the London-based anarchists of Black International to the various terrorist campaigns that exist today. He also explores the lives of people engaged in careers of political violence and those who are most affected by the scourge of terrorism. Authoritative, illuminating, and masterfully written, Blood and Rage sheds an unflinching light on the global threat that we are likely to face for decades to come.

Review Quotes

"Rollicking good reading in the vein of Conrad's The Secret Agent. . . . Burleigh's cast is voluminous, from Irish Fenians to Russian nihilists, from anarchists to revolutionaries, from Zionists to Palestinians and from Algerians to South Africans." - Simon Jenkins, The Sunday Times
"One of the leading historians of our time." - The Independent on Sunday
"Timely and important. . . . In all sorts of ways an outstanding book." - Nicholas Shakespeare, The Daily Telegraph (London)
"Brilliant. . . . Tremendously erudite and enlightening." - The New York Observer
"Chilling. . . . Burleigh's assessments are well worth considering." - The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Burleigh, one of the leading English-language scholars of the role of ideas in the modern world, makes another major contribution in this pull-no-punches cultural study of terrorism as it has been lived and practiced for a century and a half." - Publishers Weekly
"Magisterial, broad in scope, powerful in its argument, and brimming with healthy rage. . . . A riveting book." - Justin Marozzi, The Evening Standard