The Perfect Kill - A Personal History of Modern Assassination (Paperback)

What is the definition of assassination? Robert Baer's boss at the CIA once told him, 'It's a bullet with a man's name on it.' Sometimes assassination is the senseless act of a psychotic, a bloodletting without social value. Other times, it can be the sanest and most humane way to change the course of conflict: one bullet, one death, case closed. Assassination has been dramatised by literature and politicised by infamous murders throughout history, and for Robert Baer, one of the most accomplished agents ever to work for the CIA, it's a source of endless fascination. Over several decades, Baer served as an operative, from Iraq to India and beyond. In THE PERFECT KILL, he takes us on a wildly entertaining narrative adventure through a history of political murder, interweaving his first-hand experience and his decades-long cat-and-mouse hunt for the greatest assassin of the modern age. A true maverick with an undeniably captivating personal story, Baer pulls back the curtain to give a glimpse of the underbelly of world politics, and the quiet murderers who operate on the fringe of our society.

General

Imprint:	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2015
Authors:	Robert Baer
Dimensions:	129 x 200 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-1-78022-839-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > Political assassinations Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	1-78022-839-2
Barcode:	9781780228396

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