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The Red Brigades by John Foot is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Red Brigades about?
'A compelling and sobering read' JOHN DICKIE, author of Mafia Republic'Deeply researched and powerfully written' ROSS KING, author of Brunelleschi's DomeThe explosive story of the terrorist group who brought Italy to a standstill in the 1970s.In March 1978, the Red Brigades kidnapped former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, murdering his bodyguards. For nearly two months, they held him hostage while a shocked world looked on, before eventually killing him and dumping his body in the middle of Rome.But who were this terrorist group? What did they want? And how did they continue to operate for almost twenty years, terrifying a nation from 1970 to 1988? In John Foot's remarkable new book, we learn how they became the most formidable left-wing terrorist organisation in post-war Western Europe.Drawing their support from the student protest movements of the 1960s, activists and workers radicalised by the 'hot autumn' of 1969, the Red Brigades were inspired by terrorist groups from across the world, especially in Latin America. They recognised no rules and authority other than their own, and launched a campaign of murder, kidnap, kneecapping and intimidation that paralysed Italy's justice
Who reads The Red Brigades?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Foot
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Published
- 2025
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Politics, Social_sciences