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ISBN: 0801470110 1322523517 0801470129 9780801470127 0801442117 9780801442117 0801479363 9780801479366 Year: 2015 Publisher: Ithaca, NY
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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 the murder twice, convicted the first time, and then acquitted on appeal. In his investigative account of Palme's still-unsolved murder, the historian Jan Bondeson meticulously recreates the assassination and its aftermath. Like the best works of crime fiction, this book puts the victim and his death into social context. Bondeson's work, however, is noteworthy for its dispassionate treatment of police incompetence: the police did not answer a witness's phone call reporting the murder just 45 seconds after it occurred, and further time was lost as the police sought to confirm that someone had actually been shot. When the police arrived on the scene, they did not even recognize the victim as the Prime Minister. This early confusion was emblematic of the errors that were to follow. Bondeson demolishes the various conspiracy theories that have been devised to make sense of the killing, before suggesting a convincing explanation of his own. A brilliant piece of investigative journalism, Blood on the Snow includes crime-scene photographs and reconstructions that have never before been published and offers a gripping narrative of a crime that shocked a continent.
Assassination --- Prime ministers --- Political murder --- Murder --- Political crimes and offenses --- Political violence --- Chancellors (Prime ministers) --- Chief ministers (Prime ministers) --- First ministers (Prime ministers) --- Premiers (Prime ministers) --- Cabinet officers --- Heads of state --- Investigation --- Death. --- Palme, Olof, --- Assassination. --- Palme, Sven Olof, --- פאלמע, אלאף
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ISBN: 3319337106 3319337114 Year: 2016 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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This book analyses the global visions of Olof Palme, Bruno Kreisky and Willy Brandt, European social democratic statesmen who earned international esteem for their contributions to global developments during the second half of the twentieth century. Their visions encompassed, inter alia, international peace and security, East-West and North- South Cooperation, and other important domains pertinent to developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. In this volume, the author closely examines the advancements Palme, Kreisky and Brandt made and demonstrates how their visions remain valid for shaping the future of mankind. .
Political science. --- World politics. --- Diplomacy. --- Peace. --- Political Science and International Relations. --- Peace Studies. --- Political History. --- Conflict Studies. --- Security, International. --- Palme, Olof, --- Kreisky, Bruno. --- Brandt, Willy, --- Collective security --- International security --- Frahm, Karl, --- Brant, Vili, --- Frahm, Herbert Ernst Karl, --- Brandt, Villi, --- Brandt, V. --- Po-lan-tʻe, Wei-li, --- Palme, Sven Olof, --- פאלמע, אלאף --- Kreisky, Bruno, --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Political science --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- History --- Coexistence, Peaceful --- Peaceful coexistence --- Peace-building --- Security, International --- War
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