Televisionaries: The Red Army Faction Story, 1963-1993 [Paperback]

Tom Vague (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2001

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

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: AK Press; Rev Upd edition (July 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1873176473
• ISBN-13: 978-1873176474
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,763,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for the new commer., July 6, 2008

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S. J. Boatwright (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Televisionaries: The Red Army Faction Story, 1963-1993 (Paperback)

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.

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1.0 out of 5 stars So Poorly Written That It Is Distracting, October 12, 2010

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L. R. Liberman (Baltimore, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Televisionaries: The Red Army Faction Story, 1963-1993 (Paperback)

Sadly, what could have been a really cool book (no shortage of fascinating material) is absolutely unreadable due to the poor writing, which makes it impossible to get through the short tome. The author seems pleased with himself, and while I do not doubt his knowledge, the writing is so flawed that the information is presented in a confusing and irritating and unclear manner. Poor.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A book with a hard-to-define style..., March 2, 2005

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James D. Crabtree "Doc Crabtree" (Fort Leavenworth, Kansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Televisionaries: The Red Army Faction Story, 1963-1993 (Paperback)

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.