Joby Warrick is a national security reporter for the Washington Post and the author of The Triple Agent, Black Flags, and Red Line. He first joined us in 2019 to talk about Black Flags and the rise of ISIS. This time around, he’s gone back several decades to tell the story of Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, better known as Carlos the Jackal, one of the most notorious terrorists of the Cold War.
Why Carlos, and why now? We talked about the revolutionary movements during the Cold War, the emergence of international terrorism, and the strange story of how Carlos became a global celebrity. We also talked about the man behind the mythology, the role of state sponsors in terrorism, and what Carlos’s story can tell us about the evolution of political violence from the Cold War to al-Qaeda and ISIS.
Going Further & Related Episodes
- Ep. 56: On Covering International Terrorism and Writing Dope Books
- Recommended Reading: The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s
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