A dramatic reframing of our troubled present against a century full of striking
historical parallels.
In 1881, a small group of Russian revolutionaries calling themselves
"terrorists" assassinated Tsar Alexander II in a spectacular bombing attack in
St. Petersburg. Far from being psychopathic murderers, these men and women
viewed their actions as a just response to tyranny.
The violence in Russia launched a crucial but poorly understood chapter in
modern political history. With extraordinary narrative sweep, investigative
journalist Matthew Carr unearths the complex realities of terrorist violence and
its indelible impact on nations as different as Italy, Argentina, France,
Algeria, Ireland, Russia, Japan, and the United States.
Spanning