num_pages: 311
description: The BBC Producer and writer culls various assassination manuals from the CIA, Al-Qaeda, and the Soviet Union to explore the role of assassination in modern statecraft, from Kennedy's order for the murder of Vietnamese President Diem to the killing of his brother, Bobby.
language: English
title: The Assassination Business: A History of State-Sponsored Murder
titlecomplete: The Assassination Business: A History of State-Sponsored Murder
characters: William "Rip" Robertson, Diana of Wales, Thomas Becket, Yitzhak Rabin, Hassan-i Sabbah, Anwar el-Sadat, Nikolai Kholkov, Yigal Amir, Yvonne Fletcher, John F. Kennedy, Ngo Dinh Diem
genres: History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 89
publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub