{"product_id":"9780571324538","title":"Herod: Reflections on Political Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHerod: Reflections on Political Violence\u003c\/i\u003e (first published in  1978) Conor Cruise O'Brien collects a number of essays alongside three  short plays that dramatise political arguments through the infamous  figure of the Roman king of Judaea for whom the collection is named.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A  great book. In it, O'Brien not only denounces IRA terrorism, as you  would expect from a mainstream politician, but - in a sense quite  different from the rationalisations offered by ideological apologists  for political violence - seeks to understand it. I mean, \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003eunderstand  it - not extenuate it by equivocation and non sequitur. And his  thinking leads him to attack the republican mythology at the heart of  the Irish state. Few writers have analysed terrorism so acutely or been  as effective in undermining its ideological justifications.' Oliver  Kamm, from his preface to this edition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123783123184,"sku":"9780571324538","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571324538_p0.jpg?v=1763719355","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571324538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}