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.

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Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

David Moss

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Book Title: The Politics of Left-Wing Violence in Italy, 1969–85
Authors: David Moss
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20249-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-48199-8Published: 03 October 1989
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-20249-2Published: 03 October 1989
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 317
Topics: European History, Modern History, Terrorism and Political Violence

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Italian ‘Terrorism’ as Translation

The Trajectory of Armed Struggle

Violence in a Local Context: The Factory

Maintaining the Political Frontier

The Construction of Judicial Accounts

Staging Political Trials

Cui Prodest?

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