Europe's Last Red Terrorists The Revolutionary Organisation November 17 by George Kassimeris

Europe's Last Red Terrorists The Revolutionary Organisation November 17 by George Kassimeris tries to explain one of the more curious situations in Western European terrorism. A terrorist group 17 November which has managed to pull off sophisticated attacks while avoiding any of their members being captured by Greek security police. They've managed his feet for over 20 years. But yet they are completely politically irrelevant. At least as far as Greek politics are concerned.

The blook is laid out in three parts the first which discusses the political background of Greek history since World War II. The second section describes 17 November's operations in detail and lastly the government response. The rather confused antiterrorism response of the Greek government is castigated for its incompetence however the author seems to have a grudging respect for 17 November and their record of success but he points out repeatedly that they are politically irrelevant being considered by the population to be essentially troublemakers.

in the book there's quite a bit of discussion of the Marxist thought of 17 November and other Greek terrorists. One could use a scorecard to keep everything straight but the authors ideas are relatively well laid out even considering this. An excellent book on a terrorist organization which gets little play in North America.