An interesting and funky timeline of the history of the RAF. Leftist in orientation, yet quite fun to read.

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Product Description

not a generation of visionaries: televisionaries

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1015962 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781873176474
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Not for the new commer.
The book is simply a time line of the major, and some minor, events that defined the early Baader-Meinhof/RAF. The book is written in a manner that implies you already have at least some knowledge of the RAF. The book is not about the groups politics but simply its actions. Short sweet and helps put everything in chronological order.
On the downside, no time is spent investigating individual events in great detail. The plane touches down then takes right off again. You are given a paragraph or two of info. then next topic. The cover is deciving because it says "1963-1993" but the book only really speaks about the first generation of the RAF. With their deaths in prison a very slim amount of book is left to talk about the actions of the later generations.
A good timeline for someone who already knows about the RAF. Not enough info. for someone new to the topic.

I wish I didn't buy it
I was looking for a book that didn't have moralistic BS against political violence and thought I would find it with this book. Unfortunately, this book is poorly written and does not have any context. The book often introduces people (using only their last names) without any context of who they are. It is missing a lot of information that would make it a coherent read. All of this makes the book almost impossible to read.

A book with a hard-to-define style...
Was this meant to be a chronology? Or did Vague intend to write in clipped, newsreader style, much as the RAF itself was reported on the TV news? In any case, the book is difficult to follow for anyone who is not familiar with Baader-Meinhof and the Red Army Fraktion, and if you ARE familiar the information is presented in so many snippets that it would seem to me to be annoying.

I was in Germany during the tail-end of the RAF (a period scarcely mentioned in the book) and found myself learning very little more of any relevence than what I had already found out.