LEADER 03029oam 2200433 450 001 9910812028903321 005 20230630000220.0 010 $a0-253-05714-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011759890 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6471647 035 $a(OCoLC)1240759761 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_99970 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011759890 100 $a20210629d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe revolutionary mystique and terrorism in contemporary Italy /$fRichard Drake 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aBloomington, Indiana :$cIndiana University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (xxxii, 218 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-253-05712-4 311 $a0-253-05715-9 327 $aThe Two Faces of Italian Terrorism (1969-1974) -- Surging Red Brigadism (1975-1977) -- Living the Revolution -- Aldo Moro and Italy's Difficult Democracy -- 7 aprile 1979 -- The Blast Furnace of Terrorism (1979-1980) -- The Children of the Sun -- The Crisis and Defeat of the Red Brigades (1980-1982). 330 $a"What drives terrorists to glorify violence? In The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy, Richard Drake seeks to explain the origins of Italian terrorism and the role that intellectuals played in valorizing the use of violence for political or social ends. Drake argues that a combination of socioeconomic factors and the influence of intellectual elites led to a sanctioning of violence by revolutionary political groups in Italy between 1969 and 1988. Drake explores what motivated Italian terrorists on both the Left and the Right during some of the most violent decades in modern Italian history and how these terrorists perceived the modern world as something to be destroyed rather than reformed. In 1989, The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy received the Howard R. Marraro Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies. It was awarded for the best book that year on Italian history. The book is reissued now with a new introduction for the light it might shed on current terrorist challenges. The Italians had success in combating terrorism. We might learn something from their example. The section of the book dealing with the Italian "superfascist" philosopher, Julius Evola, holds special interest today. Drake's original work takes on new significance in the light of Evola's recent surge of popularity for members of America's alt-right movement"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aTerrorism$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aTerrorism$xHistory 676 $a303.6250945 700 $aDrake$b Richard$f1942-$01643763 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812028903321 996 $aThe revolutionary mystique and terrorism in contemporary Italy$93989222 997 $aUNINA