05423nam 2201105Ia 450 991078042720332120240102235716.01-282-35745-X97866123574590-520-93095-910.1525/9780520930957(DE-B1597)520332(OCoLC)56733791(DE-B1597)9780520930957(MiAaPQ)EBC224418(Au-PeEL)EBL224418(CaPaEBR)ebr10068547(CaONFJC)MIL235745(OCoLC)475931177(CKB)2420000000002416(EXLCZ)99242000000000241620040126d2004 uy 0engurun#|||uuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBringing the war home[electronic resource] the Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and the revolutionary violence in the sixties and seventies /Jeremy VaronBerkeley, Calif. ;London University of California Press2004424pDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-23032-9 0-520-24119-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Key Acronyms --Introduction --Chapter 1. "Agents of Necessity" --Chapter 2. The Importance of Being Militant --Chapter 3. "Hearts and Minds" --Chapter 4. The Excesses and Limits of Revolutionary Violence --Chapter 5. Deadly Abstraction --Chapter 6. "Democratic Intolerance" --Conclusion --Notes --Select Bibliography --IndexIn 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. Based on a wealth of primary material, ranging from interviews to FBI reports, this book reconstructs the motivation and ideology of violent organizations active during the 1960's and 1970's. Varon conveys the intense passions of the era--the heat of moral purpose, the depth of Utopian longing, the sense of danger and despair, and the exhilaration over temporary triumphs. Varon's compelling interpretation of the logic and limits of dissent in democratic societies provides striking insights into the role of militancy in contemporary protest movements and has wide implications for the United States' current "war on terrorism."Varon explores Weatherman and RAF's strong similarities and the reasons why radicals in different settings developed a shared set of values, languages, and strategies. Addressing the relationship of historical memory to political action, Varon demonstrates how Germany's fascist past influenced the brutal and escalating nature of the West German conflict in the 60's and 70's, as well as the reasons why left-wing violence dropped sharply in the United States during the 1970's. Bringing the War Home is a fascinating account of why violence develops within social movements, how states can respond to radical dissent and forms of terror, how the rational and irrational can combine in political movements, and finally how moral outrage and militancy can play both constructive and destructive roles in efforts at social change.RadicalismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPolitical violenceGermany (West)History20th centuryPolitical violenceUnited StatesHistory20th centuryNew LeftGermany (West)History20th centuryNew LeftUnited StatesHistory20th centuryBaader-Meinhof gangRadicalismGermany (West)History20th century1960s.1970s.academic.anti fascism.class issues.class.contemporary history.dangerous.democracy.european history.fascist.fbi.german army.historical.history.left wing.memory.morals.political.politics.reconstruction.red army.scholarly.social change.social justice.social movements.terrorism.united states.utopian.violence.war.wartime.weather.weatherman.west germany.RadicalismHistoryPolitical violenceHistoryPolitical violenceHistoryNew LeftHistoryNew LeftHistoryBaader-Meinhof gang.RadicalismHistory322.42MD 8920rvkVaron Jeremy1969-1467710MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780427203321Bringing the war home3678491UNINA