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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456993503321

Autore

Sanders Andrew

Titolo

Inside the IRA : dissident republicans and the war for legitimacy / / Andrew Sanders [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2011

ISBN

0-7486-8812-9

0-7486-5290-6

1-283-13322-9

9786613133229

0-7486-4604-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 280 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

322.4209415

Soggetti

Republicanism - Northern Ireland - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The Origins of Division: The Republican Movement in the Twentieth Century, 1916-62; Chapter 2 The Movement Divides: The 1960's; Chapter 3 The Split and its Aftermath: The 1970's; Chapter 4 The American Dimension: How Support from America Directed the Path of Irish Republicanism; Chapter 5 Prison, Politics and Violence: The 1980's; Chapter 6 Irish-America in the 1980's; Chapter 7 Changed Priorities: The 1990's; Chapter 8 The Twenty-first Century; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Irish Republican movement was one of the most significant revolutionary movements of the twentieth century. This book focuses on the issue of republican splits  which created the Provisional and Official republican movements  and the subsequent development of those movements.