Italian Neofascism : : The Strategy of Tension and the Politics of Nonreconciliation / / Anna Cento Bull.

• VerfasserIn: Bull, Anna Cento,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Abbreviations --; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; CHAPTER 1 Introduction --; Part I Villains? The Judicial Truth --; Introduction to Part I --; CHAPTER 2 The Role of Italian Neofascism in Stragismo and the Strategy of Tension --; CHAPTER 3 The Role of the Armed Forces and Intelligence Structures --; CHAPTER 4 Interpretations of the Strategy of Tension in Accordance with Judicial Findings --; Conclusion to Part I --; Part II Victims? The Truth According to the Neo- and Postfascist Right --; Introduction to Part II --; CHAPTER 5 Narratives of Victimhood: The Right’s Reconstructions and Interpretations of Stragismo --; CHAPTER 6 The Self-narratives of Extreme-right Protagonists of the Political Conflict --; Conclusion to Part II --; CHAPTER 7 Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780857450425
• DOI: 10.1515/9780857450425
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Anna Cento Bull.

During the Cold War Italy witnessed the existence of an anomalous version of a civil conflict, defined as a 'creeping' or a 'low-intensity' civil war. Political violence escalated, including bomb attacks against civilians, starting with a massacre in Milan, on 12 December 1969, and culminating with the massacre in Bologna, on 2 August 1980. Making use of the literature on national reconciliation and narrative psychology theory, this book examines the fight over the 'judicial' and the 'historical' truth in Italy today, through a contrasting analysis of judicial findings and the 'narratives of victimhood' prevalent among representatives of both the post- and the neo-fascist right.