Counter-Terror By Proxy - The Spanish State''s Illicit War With Eta

Counter-terror by proxy exposes the motives, form and rationale of extrajudicial military force that was violently deployed by the Spanish government against Basque separatists during the 1980s. It offers a comprehensive understanding of a dark side of recent Spanish history and analyses the wider consequences of the resort to illegal counterterrorist practices in liberal regimes.

About the author

Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet is researcher at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL, Belgium) and associate researcher at the Centre for Research on Conflict Liberty and Security (CCLS, Paris - France).

Summary

Counter-terror by proxy exposes the motives, form and rationale of extrajudicial military force that was violently deployed by the Spanish government against Basque separatists during the 1980s. It offers a comprehensive understanding of a dark side of recent Spanish history and analyses the wider consequences of the resort to illegal counterterrorist practices in liberal regimes. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Emmanuel Pierre Guittet, Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781526158826
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5882-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education