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July 2000

ETA (FREEDOM FOR THE BASQUE HOMELAND) -- Spain

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Internet Resource

Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA).
Available at: http://www.ict.org.il/
Site maintained by the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism. Under the 'International Terrorism' section choose 'Terrorist Organization Profiles' then 'Basque Fatherland and Liberty'. Offers sections titled: History, Structure, Terrorist Activity, Links, Updates, and Attacks.

Books

Brogan, Patrick. World Conflicts: A Comprehensive Guide to World Strife since 1945. Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 1998. 682 p.
See index under 'ETA' for specific references.
Book call no.: 909.82 B866w 1998

Drake, C. J. M. Terrorists' Target Selection. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1998. 272 p.
See index under 'ETA' for specific references.
Book call no.: 303.625 D761t

Elusive Peace: Negotiating an End to Civil Wars, edited by I. William Zartman. Washington, Brookings Institution, 1995. 353 p.
Negotiations for Basque Self-Determination in Spain, pp 59-76.
Book call no.: 909.82 E51

Encyclopedia of World Terrorism, edited by Martha Crenshaw and John Pimlott. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1997. 3 vols.
Basque Nationalist Terror: ETA, pp 572-576.
Book call no.: R 303.625 E56 Vol.2

Europa World Year Book 1999. London, Europa Publications Limited, 1999. 2 vols.
Volume 2 -- Spain: Introductory Survey, pp 3231-3241 (especially note pages 3235-3239).
Book call no.: R 940.503 E892 40th ed. v.2 1999

International Encyclopedia of Terrorism. Chicago, IL, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. 805 p.
Basque Nationalist Terror: ETA, pp 591-595.
Book call no.: R 303.625 I612

Irvin, Cynthia L. Militant Nationalism: Between Movement and Party in Ireland and the Basque Country. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1999. 281 p.
Book call no.: 320.54 I72m

Jacob, James E. Hills of Conflict: Basque Nationalism in France. Reno, NV, University of Nevada Press, 1994. 546 p.
Book call no.: 946.6 J15h

Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism. Alexandria, VA, Jane's Information Group, 1999. 520 p.
Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), pp 212-214.
ETA: Diary of Events, pp 476-477.
Book call no.: R 364.1 J33 1999 May-August

Laqueur, Walter. The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999. 312 p.
Terrorism Old and New: IRA and ETA, pp 32-36.
Book call no.: 363.32 L317n

Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1999. Washington, U.S. Dept of State, April 2000. 107 p.
France, p 17.
Spain, p 20.
Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA), pp 71-72.
Also available online at: http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/1999report/1999index.html
Book call no.: R 303.625 P316 1999

Political Risk Yearbook 1998: Volume VI - Europe. East Syracuse, NY, PRS Group, 1998. 1 vol.
Spain: Five-Year Forecasts of Turmoil, p 15.
Book call no.: 940.559 P769 1998

Terrorism in Context, edited by Martha Crenshaw. University Park, PA, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. 633 p.
Political Violence in a Democratic State: Basque Terrorism in Spain, pp 410-469.
Book call no.: 363.32 T3285

White, Jonathan R. Terrorism: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Belmont, CA, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1998. 321 p.
Basque Terrorism in Spain, pp 194-196.
Book call no.: 363.32 W585t 1998

World Conflicts and Confrontations Volume IV: Europe and the Former Soviet Republics, edited by Charles F. Bahmueller. Hackensack, NJ, Salem Press, 2000. 1 vol.
Spain, pp 888-896.
Book call no.: R 909.82 W9273 v.4

Documents

Pastor Villar, Fernando. Nationalism in Spain: Is It a Danger to National Integrity?. Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1998. 194 p.
Basque Country, pp 63-92.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39567-4 P293n

Rendeiro, John G. The Spanish Mosaic: A Conflict Management Model for Regionalism?. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 1999. 47 p.
Basque Country, pp 15-19.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 R397s

Periodicals

Arrest in Spanish Plot (to kill King Carlos). New York Times, p A5, col 4, December 14, 1995.

Back to Bombs? Economist 353:48 December 4, 1999.
ETA statement that it plans to end ceasefire December 3, 1999 and why.

Basque Rebels in Spain Ending Cease-Fire after 14 Months. New York Times, p A8, November 29, 1999.

A Basque Shift? Economist 355:55-56 June 10, 2000.

The Basque Stalemate. Economist 354:52 March 18, 2000.

Byman, Daniel. The Logic of Ethnic Terrorism. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 21, no.2:149-169 April-June 1998.
Refers to ETA activities throughout.

Came, Barry. The Taverna Terrorists. Maclean's 110:28-29 October 27, 1997.
Examines the actions of ETA in northern Spain including attempts to assassinate four of Spain's national police force and attempts to bomb the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art in Madrid.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service Reports.
For up-to-date information on the ETA (Freedom for the Basque Homeland), check the FBIS online database. Numerous articles are available for 1999 and 2000. (FBIS is a subscription service available in-house at the Air University Library).

Hunter, Thomas. Terrorist Group Profile: ETA - Euskadi ta Askatasuna. Counterterrorism & Security Reports 6, no.4:8 November-December 1997.
Also note page 10 "Three Wounded in Basque Bombing Linked to ETA".

Khatami, Siamak. Between Class and Nation: Ideology and Radical Basque Ethnonationalism. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 20, no.4:395-417 October-December 1997.

Lleva, Francisco and others. ETA: From Secret Army to Social Movement--The Post-Franco Schism of the Basque Nationalist Movement. Terrorism and Political Violence 5:106-134 Autumn 1993.

A Million Protesters in Spain Denounce Terrorism's Return. New York Times, p A4, January 24, 2000.
Protest against ETA.

Simons, Marlise. Spain Is Haunted by Basque Death Squad Scandal. New York Times, sec 1, p 3, col 1, February 4, 1996.

Spain. Pinkerton Global Intelligence Services 2000.
More ETA-Related Activity. 17:7 January 7, 2000.
ETA Activities. 17:7 January 21, 2000.
Officer Killed in ETA Car Bombing. 17:6 January 28, 2000.
ETA to Target Media? 17:6 February 11, 2000.
ETA Calls for Election Boycott, Claims Responsibility for Bombings. 17:7 March 10, 2000.
Week of ETA Protests Begins. 17:6 May 26, 2000.

Spain. Pinkerton Risk Assessment Services Weekly 1998.
ETA Claims Its First Victims of 1998. 15, no.3:2-3 January 16, 1998.
ETA Communique Claims Attacks, Expresses Interest in Irish Peace Accord. 15, no.18:2 May 1, 1998.

Spain and the Basques: Back to Bombs? Economist 353:48 December 4, 1999.

Sullivan, John. Forty Years of ETA. History Today 49:34-35 April 1999.

Two Faces of Basque Country. World Press Review 47:43 March 2000.
Focuses on the ETA.

Valls-Russell, Janice. A Tribute to Diversity: Reigning in Spain. New Leader 80:8-9 October 6-20, 1997.
Discusses King Carlos' efforts to gain varying degrees of autonomy for the eighteen regional governments of his country and the ETA's reactions. Available in print and on ProQuest CD Rom #GPO97-12-10.

Vote of Confidence in Spain. New York Times, p A22, March 15, 2000.
Discusses the impact of the ETA on the 2000 election campaign.

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