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Apostles and Agitators

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Description for Apostles and Agitators Hardcover. This study of the ways in which an ideology of terror becomes rooted in society explains the historical character of the revolutionary tradition to which so many Italians professed allegiance, examining its origins and internal tensions, the men who shaped it, and its impact and legacy in Italy. Num Pages: 292 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; JPFC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 567.

One of the most controversial questions in Italy today concerns the origins of the political terror that ravaged the country from 1969 to 1984, when the Red Brigades, a Marxist revolutionary organization, intimidated, maimed, and murdered on a wide scale.

In this timely study of the ways in which an ideology of terror becomes rooted in society, Richard Drake explains the historical character of the revolutionary tradition to which so many ordinary Italians professed allegiance, examining its origins and internal tensions, the men who shaped it, and its impact and legacy in Italy. He illuminates the defining figures who ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674010369
SKU
V9780674010369
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About Richard Drake
Richard Drake is Professor of History at the University of Montana and author of The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy (winner of the American Historical Association’s Howard R. Marraro Prize).

Reviews for Apostles and Agitators
This is a gem of modern Italian political and intellectual history. It appears at a timely juncture when many parts of the world once again are falling prey to revolutionary violence and terrorism.
Charles F. Delzell, Emeritus, Vanderbilt University Apostles and Agitators is a tour de force of intellectual history and a model of how to recover historical memory. ... Read more

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