LEADER 05443nam 2201117Ia 450 001 9910826154703321 005 20240410065107.0 010 $a1-282-35745-X 010 $a9786612357459 010 $a0-520-93095-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520930957 035 $a(DE-B1597)520332 035 $a(OCoLC)56733791 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520930957 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224418 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL224418 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10068547 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235745 035 $a(OCoLC)475931177 035 $a(CKB)2420000000002416 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000002416 100 $a20040126d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#|||uuuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBringing the war home$b[electronic resource] $ethe Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and the revolutionary violence in the sixties and seventies /$fJeremy Varon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley, Calif. ;$aLondon $cUniversity of California Press$d2004 215 $a424p 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-23032-9 311 $a0-520-24119-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tKey Acronyms --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. "Agents of Necessity" --$tChapter 2. The Importance of Being Militant --$tChapter 3. "Hearts and Minds" --$tChapter 4. The Excesses and Limits of Revolutionary Violence --$tChapter 5. Deadly Abstraction --$tChapter 6. "Democratic Intolerance" --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tSelect Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aRadicalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical violence$zGermany (West)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical violence$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aNew Left$zGermany (West)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aNew Left$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aBaader-Meinhof gang 606 $aRadicalism$zGermany (West)$xHistory$y20th century 610 $a1960s. 610 $a1970s. 610 $aacademic. 610 $aanti fascism. 610 $aclass issues. 610 $aclass. 610 $acontemporary history. 610 $adangerous. 610 $ademocracy. 610 $aeuropean history. 610 $afascist. 610 $afbi. 610 $agerman army. 610 $ahistorical. 610 $ahistory. 610 $aleft wing. 610 $amemory. 610 $amorals. 610 $apolitical. 610 $apolitics. 610 $areconstruction. 610 $ared army. 610 $ascholarly. 610 $asocial change. 610 $asocial justice. 610 $asocial movements. 610 $aterrorism. 610 $aunited states. 610 $autopian. 610 $aviolence. 610 $awar. 610 $awartime. 610 $aweather. 610 $aweatherman. 610 $awest germany. 615 0$aRadicalism$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical violence$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical violence$xHistory 615 0$aNew Left$xHistory 615 0$aNew Left$xHistory 615 0$aBaader-Meinhof gang. 615 0$aRadicalism$xHistory 676 $a322.42 686 $aMD 8920$2rvk 700 $aVaron$b Jeremy$f1969-$01598357 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826154703321 996 $aBringing the war home$93951238 997 $aUNINA