Death in the Shape of a Young Girl: Women's Political Violence in the Red Army Faction

by Patricia Melzer

Book Overview

In the early 1970s, a number of West German left-wing activists took up arms, believing that revolution would lead to social change. In the years to come, the bombings, shootings, kidnappings and bank robberies of the Red Army Faction (RAF) and Movement 2nd June dominated newspaper headlines and polarized legislative debates. Half of the terrorists declaring war on the West German state were women who understood their violent political actions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479864072
• ISBN13: 9781479864072
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"