Tag: strategy of tension

Guido Giannettini and Franco Freda at the Catanzaro trial

Piazza Fontana Bombing and the Beginning of Italian Postwar Terrorism

April 28, 2026May 20, 2025

The 1969 Milan bombing marked a new phase in political violence The Piazza Fontana bombing took place on 12 December 1969 at the Banca Nazionale … Read more

Funeral ceremony for the victims of the Piazza Fontana bombing, held in Piazza Duomo, Milan, on 15 December 1969

Strategy of Tension in Cold War Italy

April 28, 2026May 12, 2025

Political Violence, State Secrecy, and the Anatomy of Destabilization The expression “strategy of tension” refers to a coordinated series of political, military, and clandestine operations, … Read more