| International Standard Book Number |
1668070553 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781668070550 (hardcover)
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
363.325092 23/eng/20260820
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| Personal Name |
Warrick, Joby, author.
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| Title Statement |
The Jackal : the rise and fall of Carlos, the world's first super-terrorist / Joby Warrick.
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| Varying Form of Title |
Rise and fall of Carlos, the world's first super-terrorist
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| Edition Statement |
First Scribner hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Ã2026
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Scribner, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xxx, 348 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.
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| Content Type |
still image sti rdacontent
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| Content Type |
text rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume rdacarrier
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| Physical Medium |
illustration rdaill
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| Physical Medium |
map rdaill
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome rdacc
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-332) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
The volunteer -- The mastermind -- "The whole world will hear of me" -- The brink of war -- Skyjack Sunday -- Black September -- The exile -- The assassin -- The man on the balcony -- Terror in Europe -- Burned -- The jackal -- Gathering storm -- "I am the famous Carlos" -- Banished -- The Jackal’s trail -- The desert -- The new gang in town -- Terror for hire -- Inferno -- A war declared -- To catch a jackal -- Closing in -- Last dance -- The finish -- Epilogue.
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| Summary, Etc. |
A black-bereted, gun-slinging avatar of one of the most turbulent eras in global politics, Carlos the Jackal burst onto the world stage in 1975 as the first true celebrity terrorist and the TV-ready face of a violent Palestinian resistance movement that was then just beginning to gain traction. In a bloody career that would ultimately span three decades, Carlos innovated a new kind of spectacular terrorism, one that embraced hijackings, hostage crises, airport bombings, and international assassinations. And he personally masterminded one of the era's most shocking crimes: the kidnapping for ransom of an entire conference of world oil ministers in Vienna. The polar opposite of most modern terrorists, Carlos prized large paychecks over ideology and styled himself as a swashbuckling lady's man who, despite his charm, murdered his victims with callous disregard, often with his own hand. Today, even from behind bars, Carlos can see his influence continue to reverberate. Through newly declassified archives, secret police files, long-repressed eyewitness accounts, and a rare interview with the Jackal himself, acclaimed journalist Joby Warrick reveals Carlos' far-reaching legacy as a pioneer of borderless terrorist attacks designed for television.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Carlos, the Jackal.
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| Subject |
Jabhah al-Sha°båiyah li-Taòhråir Filasòtåin.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
HISTORY. bisacsh
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Terrorists.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
POLITICAL SCIENCE. bisacsh
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Middle East. bisacsh
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Terrorism.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Israel & Palestine. bisacsh
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Middle Eastern. bisacsh
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies. lcgft
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
True crime stories.
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| Location |
363.325 WAR 31662001863893
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