En norsk tragedie: Anders Behring Breivik og veiene til Utøya
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On 22 July 2011 a young man named Anders Behring Breivik carriedout one of the most vicious terrorist acts in post-war Europe. In acarefully orchestrated sequence of actions he bombed governmentbuildings in Oslo, resulting in eight deaths, then carried out amass shooting at a camp of the Workers' Youth League of theLabour Party on the island of Ut ya, where he murderedsixty-nine people, mostly teenagers.
How could Anders Behring Breivik - a middle-class boy from the WestEnd of Oslo - end up as one of the most violent terrorists inpost-war Europe? Where did his hatred come from?
In A Norwegian Tragedy, Aage Borchgrevink attempts toprovide an answer. Taking us with him to the multiethnic andclass-divided city where Breivik grew up, he follows theperpetrator of the attacks into an unfamiliar online world ofviolent computer games and anti-Islamic hatred, and demonstratesthe connection between Breivik's childhood and the darkestpages of his 1500-page manifesto.
This is the definitive story of 22 July 2011: a Norwegian tragedy.
How could Anders Behring Breivik - a middle-class boy from the WestEnd of Oslo - end up as one of the most violent terrorists inpost-war Europe? Where did his hatred come from?
In A Norwegian Tragedy, Aage Borchgrevink attempts toprovide an answer. Taking us with him to the multiethnic andclass-divided city where Breivik grew up, he follows theperpetrator of the attacks into an unfamiliar online world ofviolent computer games and anti-Islamic hatred, and demonstratesthe connection between Breivik's childhood and the darkestpages of his 1500-page manifesto.
This is the definitive story of 22 July 2011: a Norwegian tragedy.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0745672205
ISBN13:9780745672205
Release Date:October 2013
Publisher:Polity Press
Length:300 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.4"
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