{"product_id":"budas-wagon-a-brief-history-of-the-car-bomb-9781784786632","title":"Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant and disturbing 100-year history of modern terrorism and car bombs--the ubiquitous weapon of urban mass destruction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On a September day in 1920, an angry Italian anarchist named Mario Buda exploded a horse-drawn wagon filled with dynamite and iron scrap near New York's Wall Street, killing 40 people. Since Buda's prototype the car bomb has evolved into a \"poor man's air force,\" a generic weapon of mass destruction that now craters cities from Bombay to Oklahoma City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this provocative history, Mike Davis traces the its worldwide use and development, in the process exposing the role of state intelligence agencies--particularly those of the United States, Israel, India, and Pakistan--in globalizing urban terrorist techniques. Davis argues that it is the incessant impact of car bombs, rather than the more apocalyptic threats of nuclear or bio-terrorism, that is changing cities and urban lifestyles, as privileged centers of power increasingly surround themselves with \"rings of steel\" against a weapon that nevertheless seems impossible to defeat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Monster at Our Door\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuda's Wagon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Slums\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award. He lives in San Diego.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516364919058,"sku":"9781784786632","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_176014b6-4864-4343-a11a-87a836aefd78.jpg?v=1731024347","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/budas-wagon-a-brief-history-of-the-car-bomb-9781784786632","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}