Buda's Wagon

A Brief History of the Car Bomb

Mike Davis

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Verso Books
22 February 2017

History: specific events & topics; Terrorist attack; Weapons & equipment

Series: The Essential Mike Davis

"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.

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."

By: Mike Davis
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 263g
ISBN: 9781784786632
ISBN 10: 1784786632
Series: The Essential Mike Davis
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 22 February 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Davis is the author of several books including Planet of Slums, City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear, Late Victorian Holocausts, and Magical Urbanism. He was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.

Reviews for Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb

Davis creates a fascinating genealogy that raises chilling questions about the future of terrorism. - Atlantic Monthly Mike Davis, long-time chronicler of apocalyptic terror, has done it again: he has made me scared ... The brilliance of Davis's story is undeniable. - Times Mike Davis follows the evolution of the car bomb from the Balkans to Palestine, Vietnam, Northern Ireland, Lebanon and, of course, Iraq. - New York Times Brilliantly terse ... Davis writes with icily suppressed fury. - Guardian