Encyclopedia of Assassinations (Facts on File Library of World History)

By Carl Sifakis

Book Overview

Encyclopedia of Assassinations is the most comprehensive handbook on over 400 assassinations, attempts, and plots against political figures. The narrative entries detail history’s most turbulent... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816043590
• ISBN13: 9780816043590
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

WORLD HISTORY LESSON

One of the joys of reading a book like this is discovering all the history you didn't know, or didn't know much about. Political evolution goes hand in hand with murder, so a book like this gives a good lesson on world affairs. Pick any flash point on the globe and it is sure to have its share of assassinations. This volume is written in a matter of fact style and can be a bit dry at times. And the author devotes a lot more attention to some entries than others, so some readers will likely be dissapointed. But most will enjoy it and all will learn from it.