Buda's Wagon : A Brief History of the Car Bomb (Paperback)

from bruchu

Good But Not His Greatest I will say first off that if this is your first Mike Davis book, then you will probably find "Buda's Wagon" a real gem. But in comparative terms with Davis's other works such as "City of Quartz" or "Planet of Slums," this book doesn't quite measure up intellectually. Hav...

from lriley

A very interesting book--tracking the history of the car bomb from the time of the Sacco-Vanzetti trial until pretty much today. Davis as well keeps tracks of milestones--where the ante is always inevitably ratcheted up. The fact as well that it has not just become a weapon of the weak (or as he ...

from lriley

A very interesting book--tracking the history of the car bomb from the time of the Sacco-Vanzetti trial until pretty much today. Davis as well keeps tracks of milestones--where the ante is always inevitably ratcheted up. The fact as well that it has not just become a weapon of the weak (or as he ...