The Baader-Meinhof Complex
- ISBN-10
- 1847920454
- ISBN-13
- 9781847920454
- Category
- Communists
- Pages
- 457
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Random House
- Author
- Stefan Aust
Description
The definitive history of the German terrorist Red Army Faction (1970 98): both a fast-paced narrative, which reads like a thriller, and an essential guide to the understanding of terrorism then and now.
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