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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966439203321

Autore

Dingley James

Titolo

The IRA : the Irish Republican Army / / James Dingley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , 2012

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

9798400672439

9798216104810

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

PSI guides to terrorists, insurgents, and armed groups

Disciplina

322.4/209415

Soggetti

Political violence - Ireland

Political violence - Northern Ireland

Ireland Politics and government

Northern Ireland Politics and government

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. [223]-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The philosophy and theology of Irish Republicanism -- An history of Irish Ireland and the emergence of the IRA -- The IRA, 1916 to 1923 -- From IRA to PIRA and the "troubles" -- Strategy and tactics -- Weapons and targets -- Organization and structure -- Prison, Sinn Fein, and finance.

Sommario/riassunto

<i>The IRA: The Irish Republican Army</i> begins by examining the historical background to the development of the IRA, the group's basic ideology, and its aims and objectives. The second part of the book concentrates on the IRA-specifically the Provisional IRA-as a contemporary phenomenon, explaining its organization, how it operates, who joins the IRA, and why.    The book explores how the IRA was formed from a Romantic reaction against modernity, and is an expression of a vehement rejection of the liberal, individualist, and scientific values of the Enlightenment. The IRA's attachment to vi