The Revolutionists

Jason Burke

In the 1970s, a network of radical extremists terrorised the West with plane hijackings and hostage-takings. Among them were the beautiful young Leila Khaled with her jewellery made from grenade rings, the hard-drinking philanderer Carlos the Jackal sporting shades and open-neck shirts, and the radical leftists of the Baader-Meinhof Gang. They sought to liberate the Palestinians and overthrow western imperialism, orchestrating spectacularly violent attacks that held governments to ransom and the world gripped to their television screens. Drawing on decades of research, declassified archive material and original interviews with witnesses and participants, Jason Burke provides a masterful account of their exploits over the course of this dark decade.

Author(s): Burke, Jason
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 02/10/2025
Pagination: 692 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: The Bodley Head
Published By: The Bodley Head
Book Classification: Revolutionary groups & movements|Terrorism, armed struggle
Dimensions: 240x161x50
Weight: 1017
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781847926067