Death To Order: A Modern History Of Assassination by Simon Ball (Yale £25, 464pp) When it comes to the ‘exotic, tawdry, and very confusing’ subject of assassinations, there have been few lone wolves. Simon Ball’s exhaustive study shows that, behind every shot fired, there’s usually a complicated conspiracy. The real assassins at play Assassinations need a lot of organising – where to obtain the components, the battery packs for remote-controlled devices; how to design a car bomb, which when detonated will concentrate its force into the driver’s seat; how to field the necessary denials, lies and dissimulation. Ball confesses he...
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