附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-373) and index.
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Key Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1. 8220;Agents of Necessity8221;: Weatherman, the Red Army Faction, and the Turn to Violence -- 2. The Importance of Being Militant: The Days of Rage and Their Critics -- 3. 8220;Hearts and Minds8221;: The Antiwar Movement, Violence, and the Critical Mass -- 4. The Excesses and Limits of Revolutionary Violence -- 5. Deadly Abstraction: The Red Army Faction and the Politics of Murder -- 6. 8220;Democratic Intolerance8221;: The Red Army Faction and the West German State -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Plates.
摘要:In this first comprehensive comparison of left-wing violence in the United States and West Germany, Jeremy Varon focuses on America's Weather Underground and Germany's Red Army Faction to consider how and why young, middle-class radicals in prosperous democratic societies turned to armed struggle in efforts to overthrow their states.