Terror Within
Subtitle: Terrorism and the Dream of a British Republic
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
Published: June 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780750942959
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; British & Irish history: from c 1900 -; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; 20th century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Great Britain - History; Rebellion And Insurgency; History; History - General History; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; History / Great Britain; Political Ideologies - General
Description: We live in an age of terrorism and like to think that the United Kingdom is a reasonably peaceful place, largely untroubled by the latest atrocity committed by foreign fanatics. Yet we too have a hidden tradition of terrorism that official history has chosen to ignore. Since the 1790s, almost 23,000 British subjects have fought and died on British soil for the ideals of revolutionary republicanism. As well as the three bloody civil wars in Ireland, and the bombing campaigns by the IRA in English cities, there have been two Welsh uprisings, one Lowland Scottish civil war, one crofters' rebellion, one uprising in Derbyshire and another in Kent. There have also been five attempts to assassinate the entire cabinet and seize London, numerous attempts to murder the royal family and an almost continuous history of terrorism from the Fenians of the 1860s to the Tartan Army of the 1970s. Clive Bloom's new book tells for the first time the full story of attempts to set up a British republic. Colourful and revealing, it throws light on the links between English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh republicanism and shows how the anti-terror state was born not in 2001 but in the 1790s.