A Transnational History of Right-Wing Terrorism: Political Violence and the Far Right in Eastern and Western Europe since 1900

by Johannes Dafinger (Editor), Moritz Florin (Editor)

Overview

A Transnational History of Right-Wing Terrorism offers new insights into the history of right-wing extremism and violence in Europe, East and West, from 1900 until the present day. It is the first book to take such a broad historical approach to the topic.

The book explores the transnational dimension of right-wing terrorism; networks of right-wing extremists across borders, including in exile; the trading of arms; the connection between right-wing terrorism and other forms of far-right political violence; as well as the role of supportive elements among fellow travelers, the state security apparatus, and political elites. It also examines various forms of organizational and ideological interconnectedness and what inspires right-wing terrorism. In addition to several empirical chapters on prewar extreme-right political violence, the book features extensive coverage of postwar right-wing terrorism including the recent resurgence in attacks.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of right-wing extremism, fascism, Nazism, terrorism, and political violence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367613365
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/31/2022
Series:	Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Johannes Dafinger is an Assistant Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Salzburg, Austria.

Moritz Florin is a Lecturer at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

Table of Contents

1. Right-wing terrorism in historical perspective: An introduction Section 1. In search of origins: Right-wing terror(ism) in an era of war and revolution 2. Terrorist entanglements: Socialist perspectives on state and right-wing violence in the late Russian Empire 3. Oppression, terror, and "split delegitimization": The troubled relationship between the conservative authoritarian state and its right-wing critics in Hungary between 1919 and 1945 4. Terror and antisemitic student violence in East-Central Europe, 1919–1923 5. Section commentary: Right wing Extremism, the question of power, and multiple entanglements Section 2. Right-wing terrorism and fascism 6. Did the Polish Minister of the Interior have to be killed? The activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in the 1930s 7. Marseilles 1934: The death of the King 8. Trading in arms, trading in terror: The Cagoule and right-wing terrorism in France 9. Section commentary: The transnational space of fascism and terrorism Section 3. Recent Trends in right-wing terrorism: Eastern and Western Europe 10. "Glocal militancy?" Transnational links of German far-right terrorism 11. "Of hobbits and tigers": Right-wing extremism and terrorism in Italy since the mid-1970s 12. Transnational violence and the German connection: National resistance and autonomous nationalists in the Czech Republic 13. "Praise the saints": The cumulative momentum of transnational extreme-right terrorism 14. Identifying extreme-right terrorism: Concepts and misconceptions 15. Section commentary: Researching transnational right-wing terrorism: challenges and trajectories