Killing No Murder: A Study Of Assassination As A Political Means
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the shadows of history, where politics and violence converge, Edward Hyams constructs a chilling and rigorous examination of assassination as a deliberate instrument of political change. Killing No Murder chronicles some of the most audacious and consequential acts of political killing across centuries, dissecting the ideologies, motivations, and outcomes that have made assassination a recurring — and often effective — tool of the powerless against the powerful. Hyams argues with unflinching clarity that the act of targeted killing, far from being mere criminality, has at times served as a calculated catalyst for seismic shifts in political order, challenging the reader to reconsider the boundaries between murder and revolutionary necessity. Writing with the precision of a historian and the moral seriousness of a philosopher, Hyams presents a panoramic view of political violence that is as unsettling as it is intellectually compelling. His analysis draws on a sweeping range of historical case studies, illuminating patterns that connect ancient tyrannicides to modern political killings in a cohesive and thought-provoking narrative. Published under the Panther Modern Society imprint — a series dedicated to probing the most urgent questions of contemporary life — this work remains a landmark in the study of political violence. For anyone who has ever wondered where the line between justice and murder truly lies, Hyams offers no easy answers, only deeper, more troubling questions.
Author: Edward Hyams
Format: Paperback
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the shadows of history, where politics and violence converge, Edward Hyams constructs a chilling and rigorous examination of assassination as a deliberate instrument of political change. Killing No Murder chronicles some of the most audacious and consequential acts of political killing across centuries, dissecting the ideologies, motivations, and outcomes that have made assassination a recurring — and often effective — tool of the powerless against the powerful. Hyams argues with unflinching clarity that the act of targeted killing, far from being mere criminality, has at times served as a calculated catalyst for seismic shifts in political order, challenging the reader to reconsider the boundaries between murder and revolutionary necessity. Writing with the precision of a historian and the moral seriousness of a philosopher, Hyams presents a panoramic view of political violence that is as unsettling as it is intellectually compelling. His analysis draws on a sweeping range of historical case studies, illuminating patterns that connect ancient tyrannicides to modern political killings in a cohesive and thought-provoking narrative. Published under the Panther Modern Society imprint — a series dedicated to probing the most urgent questions of contemporary life — this work remains a landmark in the study of political violence. For anyone who has ever wondered where the line between justice and murder truly lies, Hyams offers no easy answers, only deeper, more troubling questions.