Assassination Business A History of State-Sponsored Murder

Name: Assassination Business A History of State-Sponsored Murder
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ISBN: 9780786713431

ISBN-10: 0786713437

ISBN-13: 9780786713431

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Authors: Richard Belfield

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The cost of a bullet can be as little as eight cents. Assassination has long been more common than anyone (particularly anyone in government) likes to admit-it is the great-untold secret at the heart of the nation-state. As President George W. Bush continues to introduce Hollywood cowboy terminology like "dead or alive" and "bring it on" into our international political discourse, we are entering a new era of assassination where the "eight-cent option" has been given a new and disquieting legitimacy. Belfield' s darkly fascinating exposé of the business, its hired killers, and their paymasters, includes excerpts from CIA, Al-Qaeda, and Soviet assassination manuals. Placing the most…

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List price: $14.95
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Publication date: 6/16/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Richard Belfield is an award-winning television producer/director, author and playwright. His television programmes have won prizes on both sides of the Atlantic. As well as Terminate With Extreme Prejudice he is the author of Can You Crack the Enigma Code? He is a Director of Fulcrum TV.



Acknowledgements


Introduction


Planning


Never Write Anything Down


Be Careful When You Choose Your Assassin


Assassinate One, Terrify a Thousand


Execution


Keep It Tight


Get Someone Else to Do Your Dirty Work


Cover-Up


Get Your Cover Story Straight


Whenever You Can, Set Up a Patsy


Beware the Powers at Work


Aftermath


Decide What You Want to Achieve


Always Consider the Alternative


The Unbroken Chain - From Sadat to the World Trade Centre


Epilogue


General Principles in Assassination Science


'Conference Room Technique' from CIA assassination manual


Notes


Index