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Autore |
Smith M. L. R (Michael Lawrence Rowan), <1963-> |
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Titolo |
Fighting for Ireland? : the military strategy of the Irish Republican movement / / M.L.R. Smith |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-10603-4 |
0-203-44514-7 |
1-134-71396-7 |
0-585-44748-9 |
1-134-71397-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Insurgency - Ireland - History - 20th century |
Violence - Ireland - History - 20th century |
Ireland History, Military |
Northern Ireland History, Military |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface to the paperback edition; Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; developing a strategic approach to the Irish republican movement; The Irish republican military mind; the evolution of a strategic tradition; Transitions in Irish republican strategy; the development of the military instrument from the Easter rising to the civil war; Political control versus the autonomous military instrument; Irish republican strategy from the civil war to the 1970's; The military ascendancy; the Provisional IRA on the offensive, 1970 1972 |
The erosion of Provisional IRA strategy, 1972 1977 The evolution of PIRA's total strategy, 1977 1983; A continuing military enigma; the contradictory dynamics of the total strategy, 1983 1990; Ending the isolation? Ending the violence?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Fighting for Ireland? is the first in-depth account of the evolution of Irish Republican strategy. It is highly topical in the light of the faltering peace process and the growing speculation over the IRA's next move: |
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