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The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist

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Pulitzer Prize winner Joby Warrick traces the rise and fall of Carlos the Jackal, the first true celebrity terrorist. From hijackings to bombings and assassinations, Warrick explores the bloody legacy of this infamous figure.

The spectacular rise and dramatic fall of super-assassin Carlos the Jackal—one of history’s most infamous terrorist masterminds and the inspiration for numerous celebrated works of pop culture—told with new revelations from the Jackal himself, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Black Flags.

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 ...