Televisionaries: The Red Army Faction Story, 1963-1993

by Tom Vague

An irreverent chronological history and analysis of THE terrorist group that bombed and shot their way through the last three decades of Western capitalism. From student radicalism to Stammheim to Euro-terrorism, this is a concise history, which charts the rise and rise of the armed guerrilla group that launched a thousand T-shirts. Profusely illustrated throughout, with over thirty photographs.
"We talked about Vietnam and then we moved onto other things..."—Hans Joachim Klein

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Politics

112 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1994

Reviews

[Donald]

This was my favorite book in high school. It's a short, trashy chronological account of post-war German terrorism. Why was this my favorite book in high school? That's a good question.

I reread it on a whim, and it's just as trashy as I remembered. It's not hard to read between the lines to see how the left wing terrorist groups were coordinated by various intelligence agencies (e.g. East German).

[Rafał Derda]

A bit one-sided account, but quite informative in terms of the Zeitgeist.

[Kersplebedeb · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book is kind of like the antithesis of Jillian Becker's Hitlers Children, on the same subject, except much less detailed and much funnier.

it's a quick three hour read, lots of giggles, very cool, but unfortunately not very informative about what the Red Army Faction were all about.

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[Ian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book tells the story of West Germany's Red Army Faction in a jaunty manner. Some people might be a bit annoyed by how relatively sympathetic to its subject the book is, but as a short introduction to the subject it cannot be beaten.

[Mirza Sultan-Galiev · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hipster blather.

[Kelvin Agboh · Rating 2 out of 5]

A point by point recount of the rise and fall of the red army faction. The book just relays the facts on a tyimeline stretching from the late 60s to the early 90s.

[Vladimir · Rating 4 out of 5]

Timeline of facts about the rise and fall of taste Red Army, a ultra left terrorist organization. A well written one, somewhat dry and short but not boring.