Provisional IRA from insurrection to parliament
McKearney, Tommy
Provisional IRA from insurrection to parliament - London Pluto Press 2011 - xii,236p. ill. map 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: from orange state to sectarian state / Paul Stewart -- Police batons respond to demand for civil rights -- Unionist determination to deny democracy -- The violent storms of August '69 -- Widespread conflict looms -- An emerging force -- Training people for insurrection? -- Attempting to quell the insurgency by bloodshed and blandishment -- The political and military strategy of the Provisional IRA -- The war in England -- Britain's response -- Reviewing stategy in the mid-1970s -- The gradual adoption of parliamentarianism -- Options and opportunities -- The road less travelled...the left alternative -- Parliamentary Sinn Féin, 'surrender and re-grant' -- From armalites to populist conformity -- General election upset in the South -- The end of a journey -- A new republic and a relevant republicanism.
9780745330747 0745330754 9780745330754
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Provisional IRA--History.
Irish Republican Army--History.
Sinn Fein--History.
Terrorism--Northern Ireland--20th century.
Violence--History.--Ireland
Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1969-1994.
Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1994-
941.60284 / MC-P
Provisional IRA from insurrection to parliament - London Pluto Press 2011 - xii,236p. ill. map 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: from orange state to sectarian state / Paul Stewart -- Police batons respond to demand for civil rights -- Unionist determination to deny democracy -- The violent storms of August '69 -- Widespread conflict looms -- An emerging force -- Training people for insurrection? -- Attempting to quell the insurgency by bloodshed and blandishment -- The political and military strategy of the Provisional IRA -- The war in England -- Britain's response -- Reviewing stategy in the mid-1970s -- The gradual adoption of parliamentarianism -- Options and opportunities -- The road less travelled...the left alternative -- Parliamentary Sinn Féin, 'surrender and re-grant' -- From armalites to populist conformity -- General election upset in the South -- The end of a journey -- A new republic and a relevant republicanism.
9780745330747 0745330754 9780745330754
40019537963
Provisional IRA--History.
Irish Republican Army--History.
Sinn Fein--History.
Terrorism--Northern Ireland--20th century.
Violence--History.--Ireland
Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1969-1994.
Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1994-
941.60284 / MC-P