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Blood on the Snow: The Killing of Olof Palme
Jan Bondeson
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Description for Blood on the Snow: The Killing of Olof Palme
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 22, 20 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
The Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, a major figure in world politics and an ardent opponent of apartheid, was shot dead on the streets of Stockholm in February 1986. At the time of his death, Palme was deeply involved in Middle East diplomacy and was working under UN auspices to end the Iran-Iraq war. Across Scandinavia, Palme's killing had an impact similar to that of the Kennedy assassinations in the United States-and it ignited nearly as many conspiracy theories. Interest in the Palme slaying was most recently stirred by reports of the death of Christer Pettersson, who was tried for ... Read more
The Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, a major figure in world politics and an ardent opponent of apartheid, was shot dead on the streets of Stockholm in February 1986. At the time of his death, Palme was deeply involved in Middle East diplomacy and was working under UN auspices to end the Iran-Iraq war. Across Scandinavia, Palme's killing had an impact similar to that of the Kennedy assassinations in the United States-and it ignited nearly as many conspiracy theories. Interest in the Palme slaying was most recently stirred by reports of the death of Christer Pettersson, who was tried for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
396g
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801479366
SKU
V9780801479366
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About Jan Bondeson
Jan Bondeson teaches at Cardiff University, Wales. He is the author of many books, including The Two-headed Boy, and Other Medical Marvels; The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History (both from Cornell); The London Monster; The Great Pretenders: The True Stories behind Famous Historical Mysteries, A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities; and Buried Alive. Jan Bondeson teaches ... Read more
Reviews for Blood on the Snow: The Killing of Olof Palme
The story of Olof Palme's murder and the many turns in the botched murder investigation is truly fascinating and reveals a great deal about Swedish society: the criminal underworld, the police, and social democratic establishment, and possibly, according to the author's own, quite plausible, theory, the arms export business.
Jonas Pontusson, Princeton University The murder in February ... Read more
Jonas Pontusson, Princeton University The murder in February ... Read more