{"product_id":"dynamite-a-concise-history-of-the-nypd-bomb-squad-paperback","title":"Dynamite: A Concise History of the NYPD Bomb Squad - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. E. Fishman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough it correctly calls itself \"concise,\" \u003cem\u003eDynamite\u003c\/em\u003e is in fact the most comprehensive history ever written about the oldest, busiest and most sophisticated bomb squad in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than 100 years, NYPD bomb techs have combated explosive-related violence and threats, often risking (and sometimes losing) their own lives in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe NYPD Bomb Squad traces its origins to the famous - if short-lived - Italian Squad, which successfully defeated Black Hand extortionists who terrorized Italian immigrants living in New York at the turn of the last century. Its story goes on to include the first large-vehicle bomb on American soil (targeting J.P. Morgan), anarchist bombings, plots by German saboteurs during World War I, the famed Black Tom explosion, the bombing of the 1939 World's Fair, crimes of the so-called Mad Bomber, IEDs placed by Croatian and Palestinian terrorists, the relentless terror campaign of the FALN, anti-abortion bombings, the first World Trade Center bombing, and the attempted car bombing of Times Square by Islamic radicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning in an era of horse-drawn carriages and ending in the Information Age, \u003cem\u003eDynamite\u003c\/em\u003e tells the colorful, informative, sometimes macabre, and always heroic story of this elite group of New York's Finest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52636625142067,"sku":"9798230044611","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/riqMKVdnT39798230044611.webp?v=1762275360","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/dynamite-a-concise-history-of-the-nypd-bomb-squad-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}