Shoot the Women First ~ Eileen MacDonald (terrorism)

Reading copy: cover marks and wear, creasing to cover and spine (worst cover crease visible in photo), yellowing pages. 

About the book:

The first book to tell why women are the most feared terrorists in the world.

'Shoot the women first' is advice given to German police teams handling terrorism incidents, but it is recognised as valid by anti-terrorist groups the world over. Armed men may hesitate before they shoot; women rarely do. They are more ruthless, more determined and consequently more feared than their male comrades and make the most deadly adversaries.

For this remarkable and challenging book, Eileen MacDonald has interviewed a number of women who are preaperd to use violence to achieve their political aims. They include Miss Kim who blew up a Korean passenger aircraft, hijacker Leila Khaled and Susanna Ronconi, formerly of the Red Brigades, as well as the women of terrorist groups such as ETA, the IRA and the Baader Meinhof gang. Wives, mothers and daughters, these are mostly oridinary women set apart form others only by their commitment, passion and utter dedication to their beliefs.

'Not only is Eileen MacDonald's access to these women extraordinary, but through them she has eloquently articulated the fundamental paradox: that the monster who commits terrorist atrocities is also still a human being - a woman even... rivetting' - Literary Review

'The strength of MacDonald's book lies in its willingness to allow the women themselves to explain why and how they have willingly planted bombs, kindnapped bank managers or shot soldiers... fascinating' - New Statesman and Society

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