Dirty War, Clean Hands: Eta, The Gal and Spanish Democracy - Hardcover

Paddy Woodworth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1859182763 ISBN 13: 9781859182765

Publisher: Cork University Press, 2001

Synopsis

What happens when a democratic government allows terror to be used against terrorists? Paddy Woodworth's dramatic narrative of the GAL's bloody campaign against ETA reveals an ugly underbelly to Spain's much-praised transition to democracy.

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Review:

(A) RACILY WRITTEN AND METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED STUDY. -- The Daily Telegraph, June 2, 2001

(A) SCHOLARLY AND SUPERBLY TOLD STORY .... ALL THE HALLMARKS OF A CLASSIC -- Sunday Times, April 22, 2001

DIRTY WAR, CLEAN HANDS IS CRUCIAL FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN IBERIAN POLITICS, TERRORISM OR COUNTER-TERRORISM -- The London Independent, May 14, 2001

DIRTY WAR, CLEAN HANDS is a balanced, finely documented tale of how easily democratic institutions can run off the rails -- Time Magazine, May 14, 2001

Paddy Woodworth has written the definitive study of ... Spains Dirty War -- The Sunday Tribune, April 22, 2001

Synopsis:

This book describes the Spanish government's terrorist campaign against the Basque separatists an effort characterized by shootings in crowded bars, bombings on busy streets, kidnappings, and torture. Woodworth (assistant foreign desk editor, The Irish Times ) considers the impact of this history on Spanish democracy. Particular attention is given

About this edition

• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1859182763
• ISBN 13: 9781859182765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 472