Charlotte Heath-Kelly is a Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick. She holds a PhD in International Politics from Aberystwyth University and has published articles in the British Journal of Politics and IR, Security Dialogue and Critical Studies on Terrorism.

Politics of Violence uses ex-militant testimonies from Cyprus and Italy to explore the ways in which political violence is political, the functionality of violence, and the post-conflict consolidation of political authority.

Introduction Chapter 1. Killing in the Name - Inflicting Political Injuries Chapter 2. Revolutions do not happen: Contemporary Politics and Resistance in Ex-militant Memories Chapter 3. Rupture, 'the Event' and Linearity in Testimony: To the Victor go the Spoils Chapter 4. Subjects of Victory and Defeat Chapter 5. Revolutions do not happen: Global Politics and Legibility Conclusion. The paradox of the political