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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791915103321

Autore

Treacy Matt

Titolo

The IRA 1956-69 [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking the Republic / / Matt Treacy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press

New York, : distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

ISBN

1-78170-006-0

1-84779-417-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

322.4209415

Soggetti

Republicanism - Ireland - History - 20th century

Political violence - Northern Ireland - History - 20th century

Ireland Politics and government 1949-

Northern Ireland History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The 1956-62 armed campaign and the reorganisation of the IRA; 2. The ideology of traditional republicanism; 3. Abstentionism and the growth of internal divisions; 4. The Wolfe Tone Society and the Communists; 5. The year 1966 and the revival of the IRA 'threat'; 6. Towards the National Liberation Front; 7. The Northern crisis and the split; Epilogue; Glossary; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

While there have been many books written about the IRA since 1916, comparatively little attention has been paid to the organisation during the 1960's, despite the fact that the internal divisions culminating in the 1969 split are often seen as key to the conflict which erupted that year. This book rederesses that vacuum and through an exhaustive survey of internal and official sources, as well as interviews with key IRA members, provides a unique and fascinating insight into radical Republican politics which will be of interest to those interested in Irish history and politics. The author looks a...