Buda’s Wagon (A Brief History of the Car Bomb)

Author
Davis, Mike
Publisher
Verso
Published
20070202
ISBN
9781844671328
ISBN registration area
English-language area (ISBN 978-1)

Description

In 1920, Mario Buda exploded a horse-drawn wagon filled with dynamite and iron scrap, killing 40 people. Since Buda's prototype, the car bomb has evolved into a "poor man's air force," a weapon of mass destruction. This work traces its development, in the process exposing the role of intelligence agencies in globalizing urban terrorist techniques.