Inside Greek Terrorism

Kassimeris, George

ISBN 10: 0199333394 / ISBN 13: 9780199333394

Edité par Oxford University Press, 2013

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Synopsis :

The long story of Greek terrorism was meant to have ended in the summer of 2002 with the collapse of the country's premier terrorist organisation and one of Europe's longest-running gangs, the notorious 17 November group (17N). However, rather than demoralising and emasculating the country's armed struggle movement, the dismantling of 17N and the imprisonment of its members led to the emergence of new urban guerrilla groups and an upsurge in and intensification of revolutionary violence.

Given the sheer longevity of the 17N terrorist experience, George Kassimeris sets out to analyse the life histories of the group's imprisoned members. Their stories, told through their own words, offer us a clearer picture than we have ever had of the political and ideological environment that provided the foundations upon which revolutionary terrorism took root in the mid-1970s. This book also brings up to date the gritty story of Greek terrorism, by analysing the country's post-17N generation of urban guerrilla groups, placing their extremism and violence in a broader political and cultural perspective.

À propos de l'auteur: George Kassimeris is Reader in Terrorism Studies at Wolverhampton University and is the author/editor of six books including The Barbarization of Warfare and Playing Politics with Terrorism: A User's Guide.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Inside Greek Terrorism
Éditeur : Oxford University Press
Date d'édition : 2013
Reliure : Soft cover
Etat : Very Good