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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783809403321

Autore

Ganser Daniele

Titolo

NATO's Secret Armies : Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-76784-X

1-135-76785-8

1-280-14631-1

9786610146314

0-203-01777-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Contemporary security studies

Disciplina

303.6/25/09409045

Soggetti

Paramilitary forces - Europe, Western - History - 20th century

Terrorism - Europe, Western - History - 20th century

Right-wing extremists - Europe, Western - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-302) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ACRONYMS; INTRODUCTION; 1 A TERRORIST ATTACK IN ITALY; 2 A SCANDAL SHOCKS WESTERN EUROPE; 3 THE SILENCE OF NATO, CIA AND MI6; 4 THE SECRET WAR IN GREAT BRITAIN; 5 THE SECRET WAR IN THE UNITED STATES; 6 THE SECRET WAR IN ITALY; 7 THE SECRET WAR IN FRANCE; 8 THE SECRET WAR IN SPAIN; 9 THE SECRET WAR IN PORTUGAL; 10 THE SECRET WAR IN BELGIUM; 11 THE SECRET WAR IN THE NETHERLANDS; 12 THE SECRET WAR IN LUXEMBURG; 13 THE SECRET WAR IN DENMARK; 14 THE SECRET WAR IN NORWAY; 15 THE SECRET WAR IN GERMANY

16 THE SECRET WAR IN GREECE17 THE SECRET WAR IN TURKEY; CONCLUSION; CHRONOLOGY; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book tells the story of NATO's secret anti-communist stay-behind armies that had been set up by the CIA and MI6 after World War Two in all countries of Western Europe and in some countries became tragically linked to right-wing terrorism.