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The IRA : a history / Tim Pat Coogan.

Summary:

Explains the historical background of the Irish struggles and the growth of the IRA and its place in modern history.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1879373998
  • ISBN: 9781879373990
  • Physical Description: xvii, 526 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Niwot, Colo. : Roberts Rinehart Publishers, �1994.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-506) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. The Origins of the I.R.A. -- 2. Dilemmas of Violence and Politics -- 3. The Triumph of Fianna Fail -- 4. The I.R.A.'s Foreign Links -- 5. The Bombing Campaign -- 6. Years of Disaster -- 7. The I.R.A. in the North -- 8. The Years of the Curragh -- 9. The I.R.A. and the Nazis -- 10. Republic and Republicans: I -- 11. Republic and Republicans: II -- 12. Prelude to the Border Campaign -- 13. Splits in the Ranks -- 14. The Border Campaign: 1956-62 -- 15. New Initiatives: 1962-70 -- 16. The Roots of the Conflict -- 17. The Constitutional Participants -- 18. The Provisional I.R.A. -- the Rebirth of a Movement -- 19. The British Campaign -- 20. Response to Violence -- 21. Prison: Riots, Escapes, Unlucky Freedoms, Personalities and a Place Called Crossmaglen -- 22. Hunger Striking: the I.R.A. Reach Beyond the Bars -- 23. Arms -- 24. The Use of Torture -- 25. Sectarian Murder -- 26. Return to Secrecy and Discipline -- 27. The Ignition of the Crisis -- 28. Five Demands and Hunger Strikes -- 29. The Test of the Ballot Box -- 30. Bombs in Britain and Counter-Insurgency -- 31. Action in Ireland -- 32. The I.N.L.A.: 1980-94 -- 33. The Green Book: I -- 34. The Green Book: II -- 35. The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend -- 36. Gerry Adams -- 37. Ceasefire.
Subject:
Irish Republican Army > History.
Ireland > History > 1922-
Northern Ireland > History.
Irish Republican Army.
Ireland.
Northern Ireland.
Genre:
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library DA 959 .C66 1994 260042 Stacks Available -