Endgame for ETA : elusive peace in the Basque Country / Teresa Whitfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitfield, Teresa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

ETA (Organization).

Terrorism--Spain.

Terrorism.

Spain.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 The Basque problem and ETA 23

In Euskadi 25

The shadow of violence 28

The emergence of Basque nationalism 33

Civil War and Franco 36

ETA takes shape 40

A contested transition 44

2 Violence, terror and talking 51

Contacts and killing 53

The Socialists and the GAL 57

ETA and its world 61

The 'two souls' of the PNV 67

Conversations in Algiers 70

Turning point 74

3 Aznar, counter-terrorism and Estella-Lizarra 79

Pursuing the defeat of ETA 81

From Northern Ireland to Estella-Lizarra 86

The ceasefire and beyond 91

Aznar's offensive and 9/11 96

'All of the law' and the banning of Batasuna 100

4 The Basque crisis: looking for a way out 107

Beyond impasse 109

The Ibarretxe Plan 114

'Basquist' socialism and the Txillare channel 118

The great taboo 122

Outsiders venture in 128

5 Zapatero's moment 133

A second transition? 135

Towards Anoeta 140

Green light and broken bridges 146

In Geneva and Oslo 150

To a 'permanent' ceasefire 155

6 The ceasefire unravels 159

The shadow of Northern Ireland 161

Off to a shaky start 165

Failure to launch 169

The political track 173

Oslo, Barajas and bust 177

Limping forward 181

7 Aftermath 187

Post mortem 189

Terror and counter-terror, again 193

'Thou shalt not negotiate' 198

Batasuna digs in 201

International dimensions 207

8 Leaving violence behind 213

Zutik (Stand up) Euskal Herria 215

Inching forwards 220

Hesitation and resistance 225

Have we all gone mad? 229

Crossing the Rubicon 234

9 Virtual peacemaking 241

Winners and losers 243

Towards endgame 248

ETA and its prisoners 254

Aiete 256

The definitive end to armed activity 262

10 Unfinished business 265

Rajoy's Spain, and ETA 267

'What do they all think they are doing here?' 271

The prisoners as touchstone 275

Coexistence and 'el relato' 280

'Normal politics' and the challenge of an orderly end 286

Conclusion: What can we learn from the Basque case? 293

ETA's not-quite end 295

The long road to peace 298

Endgame and its lessons 303.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Whitfield, Teresa. Endgame for ETA : elusive peace in the Basque Country.

ISBN:

9780190237936

OCLC:

889813123

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