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Product Identifiers
PublisherNew York University Press
ISBN-100814747566
ISBN-139780814747568
eBay Product ID (ePID)1879721
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
Publication NameEurope's Last Red Terrorists : the Revolutionary Organization 17 November
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
SubjectTerrorism, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece)
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
AuthorGeorge Kassimeris
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height9 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-066432
Reviews"The well-chosen essays in The Civil War Veteran underscore the fact that a significant number of veterans from both sides faced serious problems after they returned home. . . .This anthology is highly recommended for all readers interested in understanding the complete legacy of the war." - The Journal of America's Military Past, "An excellent analysis, perhaps the best one available, on the still active nationalist terrorist organization." - Choice, George Kassimeris has deployed his masterly knowledge of contemporary Greek politics and ideas to explain how a violent revolutionary organization can emerge in a fragile democracy, and to analyze its impact on Greek politics. His meticulous analysis of 17N's historical antecedents, ideology, strategy and terrorist attacks, and the reactions of the Greek political parties and elites, helps us to understand better why 17N's assassination campaign has proved so durable., "George Kassimeris has deployed his masterly knowledge of contemporary Greek politics and ideas to explain how a violent revolutionary organization can emerge in a fragile democracy, and to analyze its impact on Greek politics. His meticulous analysis of 17N's historical antecedents, ideology, strategy and terrorist attacks, and the reactions of the Greek political parties and elites, helps us to understand better why 17N's assassination campaign has proved so durable." -Professor Paul Wilkinson,Director, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews, "Together, the essays collected by Logue and Barton provide a vivid portrait of the social, political, economic, and cultural struggles of Civil War veterans." - The North Carolina Historical Review, "A marvelous collection of essays, The Civil War Veteran provides an indispensable introduction to the problems the veterans faced and the contributions that they made. The bibliography alone is an invaluable resource." - Gaines M. Foster, author of Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South, "An excellent collection of essays on a largely neglected topic. . . . The editors have done a thorough job of considering the pivotal issues, selecting broad yet focused themes, and gathering the writings that best illustrate those issues and themes." - Daniel Sutherland, University of Arkansas, "An excellent analysis, perhaps the best one available, on the still active nationalist terrorist organization." -Choice, An excellent analysis, perhaps the best one available, on the still active nationalist terrorist organization., "Never before has such a wide-ranging and excellent collection of readings on Civil War veterans been assembled in one place. A must have book for anyone interested in this topic." - Donald R. Shaffer, author of After The Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans, "An excellent analysis, perhaps the best one available, on the still active nationalist terrorist organization." - Choice ,, "George Kassimeris has deployed his masterly knowledge of contemporary Greek politics and ideas to explain how a violent revolutionary organization can emerge in a fragile democracy, and to analyze its impact on Greek politics. His meticulous analysis of 17N's historical antecedents, ideology, strategy and terrorist attacks, and the reactions of the Greek political parties and elites, helps us to understand better why 17N's assassination campaign has proved so durable." - Professor Paul Wilkinson, Director, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal303.62509495
SynopsisSince the 1970s, Europe's last Marxist-Leninist terroriststhe Greek Revolutionary Organization 17 November have waged a violent campaign against US and NATO personnel, Turkish diplomats and members of the Greeks military and business elite. In May 2000 they assassinated a top British diplomat in Athens in a daring daylight attack. Yet no one suspected of belonging to the organization, let alone of being involved in its terror campaign, has ever been arrested. This is the first book to deal with revolutionary terrorism in Greece. Tracing the history of 17 November, Kassimeris demonstrates how it has persevered with a one-dimensional view of a world peopled by heroes and villains, that has precluded the emergence of a coherent ideology. Combining fanatical nationalism, contempt for the existing order, and the cult of violence for its own sake, 17 November has stubbornly refused to accept that its eclectic belief system is incompatible with modern democratic principles. Unlike Italy's Red Brigades or Germany's Red Army Faction, which both assailed "the capitalist state and its agents," 17 November hopes to create an insurrectionary mood that will propel the Greeks into revolutionary political action without disrupting society as a whole. As such, 17 November's terror campaign has been an audacious protest aimed at discrediting and humiliating the Greek establishment and the US government, but one that has never sought to develop widespread revolutionary guerrilla warfare.
LC Classification NumberHV6433.G72E635 2001
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