Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xv, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates; 23 cm

Summary

1. This is an account of the nature and parabola of left-wing political violence that began in Italy in the late 1960s. It covers not only the patterns of recruitment, organization and activity among armed groups, but also the responses elicited from opponents in various contexts.

Subject

1. Italy
2. Violence
3. Terrorism
4. Justice, Administration of
5. Violence > Italy
6. Italie > Histoire > 1945-1976
7. Linksradikalismus
8. Terrorism > Italy
9. Justice, Administration of > Italy
10. Italy > Left-wing political movements > Violence, history
11. Italien
12. Geschichte 1969-1985
13. Extrême gauche > Italie
14. Terrorisme > Italie
15. Terrorismus
16. Radicalism > Italy

Contents

1. List of plates -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Italian "Terrorism" as translation -- 2. The trajectory of armed struggle -- 3. Violence in a local context : the factory -- 4. Maintaining the political frontier -- 5. The construction of judicial accounts -- 6. Staging political trials -- 7. Cui prodest? -- Notes and references -- Index.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.