The Provisional IRA
Subtitle: from insurrection to Parliament
By: Tommy McKearney
Publisher: Pluto Press; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780745330754; 9780745330747
Subjects: Politics and government; Irish Republican Army; Violence; Provisional IRA; Sinn Fein; Terrorism; History
Description: Analyses the Provisional IRA's formation, development, and prospects for the future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: from Orange State to sectarian state / Paul Stewart; title: Police batons respond to demand for civil rights; title: Unionist determination to deny democracy; title: The violent storms of August '69; title: Widespread conflict looms; title: An emerging force; title: Training people for insurrection?; title: Attempting to quell the insurgency by bloodshed and blandishment; title: Irish republicanism and class; title: The political and military strategy of the Provisional IRA; title: The war in England; title: Britain's response; title: Reviewing stategy in the mid-1970s; title: The gradual adoption of parliamentarianism; title: Options and opportunities; title: The road less travelled...the left alternative; title: Parliamentary Sinn Féin, 'surrender and re-grant'; title: From armalites to populist conformity; title: General election upset in the South; title: The end of a journey; title: A new republic and a relevant republicanism.