Death to order: a modern history of assassination

Murder as an instrument of policy: The Sarajevo assassination, 1914-1930

The monopoly of legitimate violence: European assassinations, 1917-1923

The rules of the game: assassination and the greatest empire, 1909-1940

Death to the presidents: assassination and the USA's near abroad, 1901-1950

Government by assassination: China and JApan, 1928-1941

Sabotage applied to individuals: totalitarians and democrats, 1923-1945

Last rites: assassination and the fall of empires, 1944-1973

Dangerous in conception and execution: the US experiment with assassination, 1952-1976

Splinter groups: denial, 1971-1979

London killing: acceptance, 1980-1990

Very very important people: security, 1991-2001

Who should pull the trigger? Assassination in the twenty-first century.