{"product_id":"b0crkjw5nw","title":"The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s (SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2025)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thrilling and unprecedented account of the radicalism and political extremism that gripped the 1970s – a seismic decade that transformed the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Dazzling . . . a fabulously gripping read’  DOMINIC SANDBROOK,  The Times  Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘As compelling as the best of spy thrillers’  FERGAL KEANE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2025*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s, a network of extremists terrorised the West with intricately planned plane hijackings and hostage-takings. Among them were the glamorous Leila Khaled, hard-drinking Carlos the Jackal, and radical leftists of the Baader-Meinhof Gang, all united by their hatred of Israel, capitalism and ‘Western imperialism’. Their audacious attacks brought governments to their knees and glued nations to their TV screens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on decades of research, declassified and secret documents, and first-hand interviews with hijackers, spies, witnesses and victims, Jason Burke takes us inside these often-deadly operations. In this underground realm of loyalty, betrayal and commitment to radical change at any cost, he reveals the dark origins of our fractured world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN  THE TIMES,   GUARDIAN ,  FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, PROSPECT  AND  BBC HISTORY*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An astonishing window not just into the origins of modern terrorism but also into our own age'  RORY STEWART\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘As irresistible and unputdownable as it is astonishing and relevant’  SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Told with cool authority and a novelist's eye for detail. Burke is a master'  RORY CARROLL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Superb and monumental ’  SPECTATOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A book that historians will be profiting from for many decades to come'  TOM HOLLAND\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Riveting’  LINDSEY HILSUM\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52759871881432,"sku":"YSL20790","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/81NmmGq58uL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792640161","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b0crkjw5nw","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}