Imanol Murua - Ending ETAs Armed Campaign: How and Why the Basque Armed Group Abandoned Violence

Imanol Murua

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Names: Murua, Imanol, author.
Title: Ending ETAs armed campaign : how and why the Basque armed group abandoned violence / Imanol Murua.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. | Series: Routledge critical terrorism studies | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016026133| ISBN 9781138658233 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315619323 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: ETA (Organization)History. | TerrorismSpainHistory20th century. | TerrorismSpainHistory21st century. | TerrorismSpainPais VascoHistory20th century. | TerrorismSpainPais VascoHistory21st century. | NationalismSpainPais VascoHistory20th century. | NationalismSpainPais VascoHistory21st century. | Pais Vasco (Spain)HistoryAutonomy and independence movements.
Classification: LCC HV6433.S72 E85684 2017 | DDC 363.3250946dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016026133

ISBN: 978-1-138-65823-3 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-61932-3 (ebk)

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PART I
Historical background

PART II
Facts

PART III
Analysis

This book is the result of fieldwork carried out in the Basque Country in 2013, and research conducted at the University of Nevada, Renos Center for Basque Studies (CBS) from 2011 to 2014. This thrilling intellectual adventure could not have been done in solitude. Above all, I am grateful to my supervisors Joseba Zulaika, from the UNR, and Txema Ramrez de la Piscina, from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), whose help and guidance have been instrumental for the framing and completion of this investigation. I am also very grateful to all in the CBS for their help, support, and advice during my stay in Reno. I wish to express my gratitude to all faculty, staff, visiting scholars, and fellow researchers of the CBS; special thanks to Kate Camino and Dan Montero for their assistance in everything, and to Joseba Agirreazkuenaga for his advice on the historical section. I am also grateful to Susanne Martin, from UNRs Political Science department, for her advice on terrorism studies literature. I am also appreciative of the great help offered by the Writing Center of the UNR, especially Jonathan DuBois, for their very useful assistance in my struggle with the English language. And I cannot forget the newspaper Berria, whose staff gave me the opportunity to get back into the newsroom during the thrilling days of ETAs final announcement. Finally, I am especially indebted to all the informants and interviewees who gave their time and information, without which this book could not have been produced; most of them are identified by their names, but some of them are not. This book is dedicated to all of them.