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Simon Ball is professor of international history and politics at the University of Leeds. He is the author of six acclaimed books, including Secret History, The Bitter Sea, and The Guardsmen.
“Ball cautions against focusing too much on the assassins or even their victims. . . . His thrust is political: to examine how assassination functions as an instrument, and how states’ reactions to assassination shape its use.”—Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine “A fascinating exploration of political murder and the efforts to prevent it, written with insight and based on extensive research. Not bedtime reading.”—David Reynolds, author of Mirrors of Greatness “From Gavrilo Princip to drones, Ball’s is an extremely erudite history of assassination. Weaving together different strands of scholarship, he brilliantly elucidates both the assassinations themselves, and their social and cultural repercussions.”—Luca Trenta, author of The President’s Kill List “A lastingly important subject, analysed here with admirable skill, scholarship, flair and accessibility. A vivid and powerful book.”—Richard English, author of Does Counter-Terrorism Work? “Death to Order is a masterpiece of international history. Simon Ball wears his great learning lightly, but the new research is prodigious and could hardly be more necessary. As contemporary events keep reminding us, this is a story for our times.”—Richard Aldous, author of Reagan and Thatcher
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