Book Review: Pushing Past The Night: Coming To Terms With
Italy's Terrorist Past  | Wed Jul. 22, 2009 4:00 AM GMT  In
2009, when you hear the word "terrorist," who and what comes to
mind is no secret. However, many of us forget that in the 1970s,
leftist terrorism was a major cause for concern. In the US, it
was the Weather Underground, Symbionese Liberation Army, and
Black Liberation Army who were the main proponents of these
unlawful tactics. But Italy was the true global epicenter of
these movements. From the late 1960s through the early 1980s,
legions of Italy's most radical communists (led by the Red
Brigades)  terrorized their country with regular bombings and
murders in an era that became known as "The Years of Lead."  In
Pushing Past The Night, journalist Mario Calabresi (currently
the managing editor of Italy's La Stampa newspaper), takes
readers back to these troubled times, starting with the events
that led to the brutal murder of his father Luigi on May 17,
1972, when the author was just two years