Ending ETA's armed campaign : how and why the Basque armed group abandoned violence

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Ending ETA's armed campaign : how and why the Basque armed group abandoned violence

Title remainder

how and why the Basque armed group abandoned violence

Statement of responsibility

Imanol Murua

Creator

• Murua, Imanol

Author

• Murua, Imanol

Subject

• Nationalism -- Spain | País Vasco -- History -- 21st century
• País Vasco (Spain) -- History | Autonomy and independence movements
• Terrorism -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
• Terrorism -- Spain -- History -- 21st century
• Terrorism -- Spain | País Vasco -- History -- 20th century
• Terrorism -- Spain | País Vasco -- History -- 21st century
• ETA (Organization) -- History
• Nationalism -- Spain | País Vasco -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"This book explains how and why the Basque separatist armed group ETA decided to end its armed campaign against the Spanish state. The ETA's armed campaign for Basque independence lasted fifty years and led to more than 800 casualties. This book analyzes the factors that led to ETA ending its campaign of violence in 2011, despite having yet to achieve its political objectives. It explains how the Basque pro-independence movement's political leadership won an internal battle and brought ETA to a position in which abandoning violence was the only feasible choice. The work argues that the key factor leading to the cessation of violence was the loss of support for armed struggle within the pro-independence social base, and it examines why and how that support decreased so decisively. Written by a former journalist, the narrative is based on more than 30 interviews, including former members of ETA, Spanish judges, former ministers of the Spanish government, political leaders of all Basque political parties--from the Nationalist Left to the Partido Popular (PP)--and international mediators. As such, it is the first book to recount in detail the inside story of the internal struggle within the Nationalist Left movement, and particularly between the political party Batasuna and ETA. This book will be of much interest to students of political violence, ethnic conflict, nationalism, Spanish politics, security studies, and IR"--Provided by publisher

Member of

• Critical terrorism studies

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

LC call number

HV6433.S72

LC item number

E85684 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Routledge critical terrorism studies