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'This book is about the causes of leftwing terrorism in the developed world, but this is not all. It goes beyond the conventional narratives focused on the radicalization processes sparked by May '68 by digging deep into history to carve out the different long-term development paths that broadly influenced political conflicts in the western world. S nchez-Cuenca's book reads like a mystery, in which the shocking discovery of the culprit opens extraordinary new avenues for further research about the determinants of violence in our societies.' Luis De La Calle, Centro de Investigaci n y Docencia Econ micas, Mexico 'S nchez-Cuenca's truly path-breaking study of revolutionary terrorism in affluent countries is original, deep, broad-ranging, highly readable, and chock full of new and intriguing insights. An absolutely real gem.' Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, University of Oxford 'This is a fascinating explanation of what seems, in retrospect, to be a very hard-to-understand wave of transnational terrorism - the revolutionary terrorist groups that operated in multiple advanced industrial countries in the 1970s and 80s. S nchez-Cuenca handles multiple methods with a rare combination of creativity and common sense, making notable progress on the difficult problem of how to understand the interactive effects of ideology, historical legacies, and transnational shocks on political violence.' James Fearon, Stanford University, California

'Sanchez-Cuenca's truly path-breaking study of revolutionary terrorism in affluent countries is original, deep, broad-ranging, highly readable, and chock full of new and intriguing insights. An absolutely real gem.' Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, University of Oxford 'This is a fascinating explanation of what seems, in retrospect, to be a very hard-to-understand wave of transnational terrorism - the revolutionary terrorist groups that operated in multiple advanced industrial countries in the 1970s and 80s. Sanchez-Cuenca handles multiple methods with a rare combination of creativity and common sense, making notable progress on the difficult problem of how to understand the interactive effects of ideology, historical legacies, and transnational shocks on political violence.' James Fearon, Stanford University, California 'This book is about the causes of leftwing terrorism in the developed world, but this is not all. It goes beyond the conventional narratives focused on the radicalization processes sparked by May '68 by digging deep into history to carve out the different long-term development paths that broadly influenced political conflicts in the western world. Sanchez-Cuenca's book reads like a mystery, in which the shocking discovery of the culprit opens extraordinary new avenues for further research about the determinants of violence in our societies.' Luis De La Calle, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico

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Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Carlos III-Juan March Institute of Social Sciences at Carlos II University of Madrid. He has published extensively, both in English and Spanish, on political violence, terrorism, European integration, theory of democracy and political behavior.

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