Belfast and Derry in revolt
Subtitle: a new history of the start of the Troubles / Simon Prince, Geoffrey Warner
Contributors: Warner, Geoffrey, 1937-
Publisher: Irish Academic Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Dublin; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780716529972
Subjects: History
Description: This book examines the civil war - also known as the Troubles - in the cities of Belfast and Derry. Its original archival research traces how multiple and overlapping conflicts unfolded in the streets of these two cities. The Troubles grew out of a political process that mobilized opponents and defenders of the Stormont regime, and which also dragged London and Dublin into the crisis. Drawing upon government papers, police reports, army files, intelligence summaries, evidence to inquiries, and parish chronicles, this book sheds light on key events, such as: the October 5, 1968 march; the Battle of the Bogside; the Belfast riots of August 1969; the Battle of St. Matthew's; and the Falls Road curfew.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.