Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957 - 2017): The Boomerang Flying Transnational

by Kevin Coogan and Claudia Derichs

Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957-2017) tells the story of the Japanese Red Army (JRA), a militant left-wing group founded in 1971 which was involved in numerous terrorist attacks.

It traces the origins of the group in the Japanese New Left in the 1960s and looks at Red Army groups of the early 1970s in Japan, such as the Red Army Faction, and the United Red Army which became infamous for murdering its own members. The book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367640309
• ISBN13: 9780367640309
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"