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Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business 

byAnja Shortland

Kidnap is Anja Shortland's science narrative of inside the Ransom Business. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the wider field of social science. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant. The emphasis stays on explanation, context, and the lived consequences behind the larger argument.

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

272

ISBN

9780198815471