Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957 - 2017): The Boomerang Flying Transnational

ISBN-13: 9780367641382 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 312 str.

Kevin Coogan; Claudia Derichs

Opis

Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957 – 2017) tells the story of the Japanese Red Army (JRA), a militant left-wing group founded in 1971 which was involved in numerous terrorist attacks.

Spis treści

PART ONE: TOKYO (1957–1973)  Introduction: The Boomerang Flying Transnational  Section One: The Rise and Fall of Student Radicalism  1. The Birth of the Japanese New Left  2. The First Bund  3. Ampo  4. Zengakuren’s Gangster Shōgun?  5. Profiling Zengakuren  6. The Return of Ikki Kita  7. Icarus Falling – The Second Bund  8. "Disorganize Tokyo Imperialist University!"  Section Two: Beheiren  9. The Riddle of Shunsuke Tsurumi  10. Voiceless Voices – The Rise of Beheiren  11. The Intrepid Four  12. Beheiren’s War  13. "Destroy from Within"  Section Three: Red Army  14. Sekigun!  15. The Yodogō Hijack  16. Sixteen Gravestones – Rengō Sekigun  17. Tsuneo Umenai Declares War  PART TWO: GOING TRANSNATIONAL (1972–2017)  Section Four: Arab and Japanese Red Army  18. Slaughter at the Airport  19. Paris Underground  20. Takahashi in the Curiel Network  21. Pyongyang Calling  22. The Hague  23. The Stockholm Arrests  24. Crisis in Kuala Lumpur  25. Trapping Takahashi  Section Five: Return to Japan  26. After Dhaka  27. O! Japan  28. Station to Station  Conclusion: Man of Ghosts