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Celebrated urban historian returns with a compelling account of the 'poor man's airforce', from Vietnam to Beirut.
Synopsis
In 1920, Mario Buda exploded a horse-drawn wagon filled with dynamite and iron scrap, killing 40 people. Since Buda's prototype, the car bomb has evolved into a "poor man's air force," a weapon of mass destruction. This work traces its development, in the process exposing the role of intelligence agencies in globalizing urban terrorist techniques.