{"product_id":"the-infernal-machine-9780593443972","title":"The Infernal Machine","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Steven Johnson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Random House USA Inc\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Random House USA Inc\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - 21st Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail.\"--ERIK LARSON\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat--a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Map\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD - A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven Johnson's engrossing account of the epic struggle between the anarchist movement and the emerging surveillance state stretches around the world and between two centuries--from Alfred Nobel's invention of dynamite and the assassination of Czar Alexander II to New York City in the shadow of World War I. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eApril 1914. The NYPD is still largely the corrupt, low-tech organization of the Tammany Hall era. To the extent the police are stopping crime--as opposed to committing it--their role has been almost entirely defined by physical force: the brawn of the cop on the beat keeping criminals at bay with nightsticks and fists. The \u003ci\u003esolving\u003c\/i\u003e of crimes is largely outside their purview. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe new commissioner, Arthur Woods, is determined to change that, but he cannot anticipate the maelstrom of violence that will soon test his science-based approach to policing. Within weeks of his tenure, New York City is engulfed in the most concentrated terrorism campaign in the nation's history: a five-year period of relentless bombings, many of them perpetrated by the anarchist movement led by legendary radicals Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. Coming to Woods's aide are Inspector Joseph Faurot, a science-first detective who works closely with him in reforming the police force, and Amadeo Polignani, the young Italian undercover detective who infiltrates the notorious Bresci Circle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohnson reveals a mostly forgotten period of political conviction, scientific discovery, assassination plots, bombings, undercover operations, and innovative sleuthing. \u003ci\u003eThe Infernal Machine\u003c\/i\u003e is the complex pre-history of our current moment, when decentralized anarchist networks have once again taken to the streets to protest law enforcement abuses, right-wing militia groups have attacked government buildings, and surveillance is almost ubiquitous.","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45608484503703,"sku":"9780593443972","price":1392.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780593443972.webp?v=1769294453","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-infernal-machine-9780593443972","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}