Terror and democracy in West Germany
"In 1970, the Red Army Faction declared war on West Germany. The militants failed to bring down the state, but this book argues that the decade-long debate they inspired helped shape a new era. After 1945, West Germans answered long-standing doubts about democracy's viability and fears of...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press,
2012
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| Schlagworte: | Terrorism Democracy Geschichte 1969-1977 Deutschland <Bundesrepublik> Rote-Armee-Fraktion Terrorismus Demokratie Gegenmassnahme Deutschland Bekämpfung mehr... |
| Umfang: | X, 282 S. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Democracy made militant: the Federal Republic of Germany; 2. Disobedient Germans: resistance and the extraparliamentary left; 3. 'Mister Computer' and the search for internal security; 4. The security state, new social movements, and the duty to resist; 5. The German autumn, 1977; 6. Civility, German identity, and the end of the postwar.